the War Department formed the all-black 99th Pursuit Squadron of the U.S. Army Air Corps (later the Air Force) to train a small group of pilots. They trained at Tuskegee‚ Alabama‚ and became known as the Tuskegee Airmen. The group flew important supply and service missions in North Africa and Europe beginning in 1943. The Tuskegee Airmen were assigned to North Africa and later to Italy. They flew 200 bomber escort missions over Southern Europe without allowing a single bomber to be shot down by enemy
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like the Tuskegee Airmen did a lot to help prove that black soldiers could fight just as well as the white ones did. The 352 pilots that were used in active duty there were a total of 924 combat awards given to them. Distinguishing themselves like that got the attention of the nation and they were mentioned in the papers recognizing their prowess. Were the Soldiers that fought on the front lines the most important to the civil rights movement? All black units like the Tuskegee Airmen were instrumental
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Army. But I’ve learned that being a hero really means being willing trash your own country and thereby risk drowning in the tsunami of slobber spilling from the pie hole of every leftist dork from here to ESPN’s studios. Get ready‚ surviving Tuskegee Airmen! The zillionaire manchild with a room full of colorful sneakers is going to help you get woke. Prepare to receive a knowledge download on oppression from a pampered prince who is unworthy to kiss your combat boots. I get a lot of grief for having
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Joven Isamer Bilog 12 Apr 2011 History 162 Section 8 America’s role in World War II was fueled by the desire to fight oppression abroad. However‚ America’s own oppressive behavior contradicts this desire. Segregation and discrimination were still prominent in WWII. Full citizenship rights were denied to African-Americans. The Jim Crow laws kept the separation of black and white soldiers. Black and white soldiers shared different bathrooms and were trained in different military
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World War 2 DBQ(Option #1) With the U.S trying to gain isolationism after World War One happened‚ World War Two breaks out and everyone needs guns and resources to fight off and defend their nation. The U.S decides to pass a lot of rules saying we won’t trade with any other nation because we don’t want to get dragged into this war like the last one as were are still in a Great Depression. Eventually the President Roosevelt say’s we need to help the Allied powers‚ so we pass the Lend Lease act to
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Historic are not always very accurate however the five movies Pearl Harbor‚ Red Tails‚ Hacksaw Ridge‚ Saving Private Ryan‚ and Alone in Berlin do a good job in portraying important events of World War 2. First of all‚ Pearl Harbor clearly shows Japan’s attack on U.S naval base‚ Pearl Harbor. It clearly shows how surprised the U.S was and how they were not prepared for an attack like that. But it also show how good the U.S men were at working under pressure they did everything possible once they
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attention I didn’t enjoy it. On page 49 the text says “I will get you up in the air‚ let you do your job‚ and bring you back to earth safely‚” promised the Mustang to its pilots‚ like a trusted horse to it’s rider.” That was talking about the Tuskegee Airmen which is good information and all‚ but the movie didn’t have things like that it had more action that caught my attention. The movie showed me more about how black women were treated unfairly and emphasized it more. For example‚ the book says
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1. World War II had notable contributions by minority groups. Which of the following was not an example? (Points : 1) 442nd Regimental Combat Team Tuskegee Airmen Women Air Force Service Pilots 101st Airborne Division 2. The American farmers were especially distraught due to the Depression. Which of the following was not a primary response that the farmers took in response to the economic downturn? (Points : 1) Improving dust bowls Westward migration
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African Americans before the World War II were fighting for a double victory both at war and at home; they have yet won a fight against the injustice in America. Discrimination was at its highest while lynching rapes‚ segregation in the workplace and in society were still being reported in the South and North. Many African Americans started their own revolutions they wanted to experience change in their lifetime if not for the next generation . Their fight was not over yet; there was still the fight
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On the Home Front World War 2’s main causes were the militarism of nations and the imperialism of Axis powers such as Germany. The war was also caused by nationalism‚ people in poverty rallied around strong socialist leaders such as Mussolini and Hitler. Lastly‚ the totalitarian dictatorships of Italy‚ Germany and Russia helped create the past three causes (All 4 of these causes create the acronym MINT). Without strong Allied leaders such as Churchill and Roosevelt‚ the Axis Powers could have very
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