During Black History Month, revisit the overlooked story of Black US soldiers in WWI—their service overseas and the unequal ...
Six months ago, Anne Ndarua’s only son went to Russia on the promise of a job as an electrical engineer. She says he was forced into military training and she no longer knows if he’s alive.
George H. Pruitt was only 23 when he sacrificed his life to save a comrade. The Technician Fourth Class soldier and others were stationed in Germany in 1945 when Pruitt spotted a fellow soldier fall ...
Purple Heart recipient Bobbie Cheatum, 95, is a living piece of U.S. history. He went to school in San Diego and joined the U.S. Army at the age of 16.
Its tumult ended more than 80 years ago, however, the Second World War must always be remembered, as should the African soldiers whose contribution and sacrifice laid the groundwork for an independent ...
SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) — One thing you should know is that many of the thousands of Black soldiers who fought for the Union Army during the Battle of Fort Blakeley are buried at Mobile National ...
Back to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF) GABES, Tunisia — A stevedore shouted over the diesel hum of cranes as the first storage container was lifted out of the cargo ship and ...
VICENZA, Italy – Three U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to U.S. Army Southern European Task Force, Africa (SETAF-AF), joined an Italian Army Major to visit the Scuola Primaria A. Fogazzaro di Tonezza del ...
Based mainly on oral evidence and soldiers' letters, tells the story of over half-a-million African troops who served with the British Army in campaigns in the Horn of Africa, the Middle East, Italy, ...
ZONGO, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nov. 20 (UNHCR) - The transfer of some 1,000 former Central African Republic soldiers from the border town of Zongo to an especially prepared site at Bokilio ...
As soldiers struggle with basic shortages, the SANDF’s costly Armed Forces Day celebrations raise uncomfortable questions about priorities, accountability and ...