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Retired Army Colonel Edna W. Cummings shares her journey of resilience and perseverance in her memoir 'A Soldier's Life'.
Black Civil War soldier Private Aaron Bromley is buried in an unmarked Monroe grave. A Temperance teen is making sure he's ...
FORT BENNING, Ga. -- African-Americans should continue to seek opportunity in the U.S. military and to aim to excel in their service, an African-American who earned the Medal of Honor during the ...
Kentucky 6th District Congressman Andy Barr, R-Lexington, has introduced the Camp Nelson National Monument Boundary Expansion ...
Black, all-female unit known as the "Six Triple Eight" gets Congressional Gold Medal. Many had ties to SC, like Charity Adams ...
Opportunity in the military often preceded that of the ... Drew at the time was a leading medical researcher and also African-American. Drew is famous for his work in the storage and processing ...
Matt and Christina Beaver, Kodiak, Alaska The distribution of rations to African-American soldiers varied by region and command, says Krewasky A. Salter, guest associate curator for the military ...
Millie Dunn Veasey served in the African American Women’s Army Corps during World War II as part of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the only all-black, all-female unit to operate ...