The second torpedo hit the ship near the midship adjacent to a
Col Allison holds his master’s degree in Public Administration; he is a qualified Parachutist, Ranger and Jungle Warfare Expert. Among his decorations and awards are the Combat Infantryman Badge, the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, three Bronze Stars (two for heroism in ground combat), the Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster and the Army Commendation Medal. Each decoration and award immensely deserved, as he served briefly on assignment in Korea on the Demilitarized Zone with the 9th Calvary Regiment, 1st Calvary Division before joining the Korean Military Advisory Group and served as an Aide-de-Camp. Upon returning from Korea in 1964 , Lt. Allison was assigned to Fort Benning, Georgia as an instructor at the US Army Infantry School. In 1967 Captain Allison was detailed to the Infantry Branch and in due course assigned to duty in Vietnam as an Infantry Company Commander in the 2nd Battalion (Mechanized), 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division.
A court-martial named William Calley is a platoon leader for the U.S. in Charlie Company. He led his men into a Vietnamese Massacre. But before doing so he completed basic training when he was 23. March of 1967 Officer Candidacy School accepted him and he went six months of junior officer training. After that was complete he got a promotion to be lieutenant.
They signed up in masses to participate in battle, reaching a point where army recruiters had to stop accepting blacks not because of racial bias, but because “the quotas for African Americans were filled.” Segregation in the army was still commonplace, and most black soldiers never received the honor of being placed into a combat role. Instead, most of them worked as laborers for the army, filling the roles of cooks, cleaners, and builders who dug out the trenches. These roles were considered the worst ones in terms of social standing, but they were a necessity for the armies nonetheless. Some of these laborers, including the Harlem Hellfighters, eventually worked their way into a combat role.
It is true that the Airmen were allowed to enlist, however, they were not treated equal to the white pilots. Instead, they were treated as an experiment that was expected to fail. It can be argued that they were not only expected to fail, but that the Army superiors went out of their way to make sure that they failed. The Airmen had to train on inferior aircrafts that often needed work before they could be flown safely. Negro candidates were only allowed to train at Moton Field during W.W.II.
Minorities role in WW2 All United States citizens were equally subjected to the drafts in WW2 but their importance and roles in the war and military were glossed over. About 10 Percent of minorities lacked rights but half a of the minority population was drafted (UShistory). There are many people that gained recognition and other who didn’t. Movies were even made about certain that changed the course of the war people but they were whitewashed by hollywood. Here are some of the important minorities and their struggles during World War II.
Many citizens in the United States volunteered in the war especially in the south as they were already influenced and wanted to take a serious action northern aggression. (Keegan, 2009).
As stated before, there were considerable employment opportunities due to soldiers departing for war. Document 2 comments, “While many African Americans also enlisted in the armed services, many also entered the labor force … to replace enlisted workers”. The impact of these words was that African Americans also contributed to the war by becoming soldiers, but they also worked in factories, as welders, and heavy machinery operators. They were performing as hard as other people. With that in consideration, they still encountered segregation and discrimination.
Many a runaway told the nearest recruiter that he was a freeman, anxious to fight”(Doc 5) The document explores the discriminations African Americans faced if they wanted to contribute to the war effort. By registering them as “without arms” they are supposed to fend for themselves and could seriously get hurt in the process. Yet this did not discourage African Americans as many who joined were in fact slaves and as stated above lied and said they were free. There weren’t too many questions asked since “...the army was short of men.”(Doc 5)
Many African-Americans were drafted into the war and felt a continued sense of racism towards them as they saw different country men of white color being treated better than they were. Women had to take on a lot more responsibility as they had to replace the men that were drafted into war. Children had to work as well from a young age as the need for more income by families was
As the war continued, in 1943, a quota was imposed allowing the number of African American males serving in the armed forces to be no greater than their numbers in the overall population, about 10.6 percent. At first, African American males serving were limited to work in labor units, but this restriction also changed as the war progressed, as soon after they were ultimately allowed in
Finally, Charles Floyd; a Kentucky resident who kept a detailed journal about the land quality on the voyage. This group of recruits played vital parts as cogs of the machine that helped further the quest for
He was later dedicated by the secretary of the Navy, he was progressed to Mess Attendant,second class and top notch and in this way elevated to cook, third class. On the morning of December 7, 1941, Dorie was conscious at 6:00 AM on the West
She had lead the raid with Colonel James Montgomery. They invaded many plantations along the Combahee River. The raid freed a total of 750
Family Through According to Alice Walker Alice Walker had a lot to say about family in her book, The Color Purple, in this book family had loose conditions and was often inter tangled. Celie’s friends and family were remarkably confusing and complicated at times, because many people were sleeping with people they were not married to and that was married to their friends. However, no family is perfect, so why would this one be, in the end it was all Celie and everybody else really needed.
