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Interesting Bren pic
Here's a pic I found elsewhere, very interesting. Black soldiers fighting in France, 1944
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03-23-2015 01:03 PM
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As black American soldiers weren't generally allowed in combat units at that time, would they have been armed with discards and pick ups? I notice the rifleman in the pic is armed with a 1903 Springfield.
Is the anchor emblem on their helmets significant?
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Originally Posted by
harry mac
As black American soldiers weren't generally allowed in combat units at that time, would they have been armed with discards and pick ups? I notice the rifleman in the pic is armed with a 1903 Springfield.
Is the anchor emblem on their helmets significant?
The story with the picture says they are Free French troops from Senegal (French African colony)
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Originally Posted by
harry mac
As black American soldiers weren't generally allowed in combat units at that time,
333rd Field Artillery Battalion?
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My bad, I should have read the narrative that went with the picture.
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Originally Posted by
harry mac
My bad, I should have read the narrative that went with the picture.
How about the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion? Or are gunners not combat units?
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Originally Posted by
Beerhunter
How about the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion? Or are gunners not combat units?
Segregation was in force in the US military at the time, although steps were being made towards phasing it out; hence units like 333rd FAB and famous, high profile units like "The Tuskeegee Airmen". Certainly, when US Army units first started coming over to the UK, black GIs were mostly employed as drivers engineers and pioneers.
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Not according to English and Irish folklore they weren't Harry........., especially the ones based around Witney (USAF Brize Norton as was.....). While they weren't drivin', engineerin' and pioneerin', they was busy fertilizin' - the natives...............
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Not according to English and Irish folklore they weren't Harry........., especially the ones based around Witney (USAF Brize Norton as was.....). While they weren't drivin', engineerin' and pioneerin', they was busy fertilizin' - the natives...............
And a Lot of them are STILL doing this!...................
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