On 03/19/12 15:11, Pete Theisen wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: >> I have heard stories of how poorly Black Americans have been treated in >> Australia. > > Hi Michael, > > Here's one - not sure of the source. The Aussies wanted US troops during > WW II to help fight the japs, but they didn't want any blacks. The US > responded that each available unit had some blacks in it. Well, the > Aussies decided to take their chances with the few blacks rather than > face the japs alone. > > I think it is an interesting story.
Hopefully without getting involved in the rest of this ugly discussion, I can definitely say that the US military was segregated during WW II, so there would NOT have been "some blacks" in each unit. The Army was only desegregated in 1948. I was in Europe at the time, and so did not see integrated units until I returned to the US in 1951. Dan Covill _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
