Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-09 Thread M C Jennings
I read it when I was in my 20s...I'm going to pick it up again. Thanks! ---Original Message--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 11/09/05 10:45:31 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...) In a message dated 11/8/

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-09 Thread GWashin891
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 cen

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread Astromancer
person...Thank you! Maurice ---Original Message------- From: 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

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread Astromancer
Original Message--- From: Astromancer Date: 11/08/05 11:23:40 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...) lol...Don't. I actually had to stare at the page a little while to figure out what you were saying...Maybe we share

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread M C Jennings
eople the same way. 'nuff said... :o) Maurice ---Original Message--- From: 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

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread M C Jennings
H...Misfiring neurons...wasn't that something that Scotty had to fix a few times? "I'm doing the Best I can, Cap'n!" ---Original Message--- From: Astromancer Date: 11/08/05 11:23:40 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WW

[scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread sancochojo
ECTED]> 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...)

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread Astromancer
: 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 --

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread Astromancer
d! You 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

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread M C Jennings
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 ab

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-08 Thread M C Jennings
s.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...) Let me spell it out for you...There were no black marines in World War One.. (1914-1918) M C Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:No, there were no black marines in WWI MCJ: This is not true... http://www.

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Astromancer
--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 555t

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Astromancer
orical-Timeline The first Black enlisted in the Marines in 1942... ---Original Message--- 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...

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread M C Jennings
PROTECTED] 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 Americ

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread M C Jennings
[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 oper

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread M C Jennings
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... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-->

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread KeithBJohnson
rom WWII? Or the tank brigades that drove Sherman tanks 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: [scifino

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Astromancer
---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 secret...I have misspelled the name because it escape me right now... sa

Re: [scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Astromancer
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 mistaken

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Astromancer
7, 2005 7:48 AM 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]> wrote:Oh of course. We must no

[scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread sancochojo
: 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

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread M C Jennings
@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]> wrote:Oh of course. We must not forget "The Buffalo Sol

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Keith Johnson
ines. -Original Message- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Landrith Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 09:03 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...) http://www.montfordpointma

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread James Landrith
ifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Astromancer Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 7:48 AM 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 na

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-07 Thread Astromancer
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 of the 9th and 10th Calvary. Name given to them by the Nativ

[scifinoir2] Re: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-04 Thread sancochojo
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. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I found the below at a site dealing with Black soldiers in WWI. I looked

[scifinoir2] RE: Blacks in WWI (Was "50 Cent Disagrees...)

2005-11-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
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