This caught me by surprised too.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I never ran across so many people who had an interest in blacks in the military in one spot outside the military or VA...Wow! > > M C Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Had not heard about 'Bloods'. Just ordered it. Thanks! > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Astromancer > Date: 11/08/05 02:18:38 > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...) > > 'Bloods' was a book written about Black GIs is Viet Nam... > > M C Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:A couple of books that I have: > > The Road to Victory -- David P. Colley -- About the Red Ball Express in WWII > > Benjamin O. Davis Jr.'s Autobiography. Some history about the Buffalo > Soldiers in the Philippines, too. > > Brothers In Arms -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Anthony Walton -- 761st Tank > Battalion in WWII > > Blood for Dignity -- David P. Colley -- The first integrated Army unit since > the Revolutionary War. Fought in WWII. 5th Platoon, K Company, 394th > Regiment, 99th Division. Fought at the Remagen bridgehead in 1945. > > The Forgotten Heroes -- Clinton Cox -- Story of the Buffalo Soldiers. They > also consisted if the 24th and 25th Infantry regiments, I believe...the 24th > served in Cuba in 1898. > > The Right to Fight -- Gerald Astor -- A history of AAs in the military. 18 > pages of amazing photographs, including Joe Louis in a color Guard, and Lena > Horne entertaining troops at a segregated base in Arizona... > > Without knowing our history, we can't be sure that we're included in the > future...space, Science Fiction...anywhere...IMHO... > > Maurice > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Astromancer > Date: 11/07/05 16:15:05 > To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...) > > I'll have to ask my uncle...he was there... > > M C Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Does anybody know about the 555th > Airborne, and all-Black paratrooper unit > from WWII? Or the tank brigades that drove Sherman tanks and operated in > Germany near the end of WWII with Patton? > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Science fiction and fantasy Music genres Genre magazine > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Music genres Genre magazine > > > > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > SPONSORED LINKS > Science fiction and fantasy Music genres Genre magazine > > --------------------------------- > YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS > > > Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > --------------------------------- > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
