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The War

African-Americans Troops Training

Season 1 | 4m 10s

Despite the bravery of African Americans in all of America’s previous wars, despite the argument made by the NAACP and others that “a Jim Crow army cannot fight for a free world,” the armed forces of the United States remained strictly segregated.

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The Ghost Front
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FUBAR
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A Deadly Calling
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When Things Get Tough
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Germany and the Japanese surrender too and millions try to learn to live without war.
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The Ghost Front
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FUBAR
Victory in Europe seems imminent.
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Pride of our Nation
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