Contribution of Black Americans to the war effort
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- Created on: 04-06-17 10:29
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- Contribution of black Americans to war effort
- Employment of black Americans in armed forces
- Before 1944 black soldiers not allowed to combat in marines
- Employed as cooks, labourers and to transport supplies
- Tuskegee Airmen
- All black Americans
- Won great acclaim acting as fighter escorts for US bombers
- Injured Black Americans
- Only blood from black soldiers could be used to treat them
- Many whites thought mixing blood would 'mongrelise' the USA
- Black Women
- Served in armed forces
- Served as nurses but only treating black men
- Discrimination in the Navy
- given most dangerous jobs of loading ammunition onto ships bound for war zones
- 1944-Horrific accident killed 323 people (most of them black sailors)
- US Air force
- Wouldn't accept Black Pilots
- Black Americans performed menial tasks struggled for promotions
- Employment of black Americans in armed forces
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