In a message dated 11/8/05 8:15:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
When I read Heinlein's 'Starship Troopers, I was rudely awakened to how
much
I assumed the future was full of whites, basically. At the end of the book,
after I had pictured this tall, white, probably blond guy as the center
Had not heard about 'Bloods'. Just ordered it. Thanks!
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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
are absolutely right! Sometimes speed reading triggers my Altzheimer's.
.
:o)
Maurice
---Original Message---
From: Astromancer
Date: 11/08/05 02:17:54
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
Let me spell it out for you...There were
'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
H...Misfiring neurons...wasn't that something that Scotty had to fix a
few times?
I'm doing the Best I can, Cap'n!
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From: Astromancer
Date: 11/08/05 11:23:40
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees
: Astromancer
Date: 11/08/05 11:27:51
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
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
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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
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To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
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Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept secret...I have misspelled the
name because it escape me right now
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Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept secret...I have misspelled the
name because it escape me right now...
sancochojo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Oh of course. We must not forget The
Buffalo Soldiers I believe
which
: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent
Disagrees...)
Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept secret...I have
misspelled the
name because it escape me right now...
sancochojo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Oh of course. We must not
forget The
Buffalo Soldiers I believe
which consisted
: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept secret...I have misspelled the
name because it escape me right now...
sancochojo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Oh of course. We must not forget The
Buffalo Soldiers I believe
which consisted
No, there were no black marines in WWI...The term Devil Dog was the description
german soldiers at Belleau Woods described the ferosity of the Marines' attack
on their stronghold.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I found the below at a site dealing with Black soldiers
in WWI. I looked because I
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From: Astromancer
Date: 11/07/05 07:48:42
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept secret...I have misspelled the
name because it escape me right now...
sancochojo [EMAIL PROTECTED
and
operated in
Germany near the end of WWII with Patton?
---Original Message---
From: Astromancer
Date: 11/07/05 07:48:42
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent
Disagrees...)
Monefort Point Marines...Another well-kept
16:05:14
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
No, there were no black marines in WWI...
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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
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Date: 11/07/05 17:35:41
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
I knew about the Seminole Scouts, but not in this detail. Thanks. Whenever I
read of people of color and our past exploits to become accepted in
America--or elsewhere--it's
-Timeline
The first Black enlisted in the Marines in 1942...
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From: Astromancer
Date: 11/07/05 16:05:14
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was 50 Cent Disagrees...)
No, there were no black marines in WWI...
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: 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
I found the below at a site dealing with Black soldiers in WWI. I looked
because I mistakenly thought Devil Dogs was applied to Black soldiers in
Europe. According this I was wrong, but there were the Harlem HellFighters,
who were quite impressive. I assume there were other Blacks who also
Oh of course. We must not forget The Buffalo Soldiers I believe
which consisted of the 9th and 10th Calvary. Name given to them by
the Native Americans.
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I found the below at a site dealing with Black soldiers in WWI. I
looked
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