Tag: Vietnam War
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Discover how General Roscoe Robinson Jr. rose from St. Louis to become the U.S. Army’s first Black four-star general and West Point’s highest-ranking Black graduate despite military segregation.
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Edward Greer, a retired Army major general and one of the first Black generals in U.S. history, has passed away at the age of 100. His legacy in both military service and the El Paso community continues to…
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Compton renames post office to honor Pfc. James Anderson Jr., the first Black Marine Medal of Honor recipient who saved fellow soldiers in Vietnam with his heroic sacrifice.
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- Marilyn Bevans Won Her First Marathon in 1975 and Blazed a Path as the First African American Woman to Medal at Boston
- Roscoe Robinson Jr. Rises from Segregated Ranks to Become U.S. Army’s First Black Four-Star General and West Point’s Highest-Ranking Black Graduate
- Judge Cynthia J. Ayers, First Black Woman Elected to Marion County Superior Court, Passes Away at 77
- Alvin Vincent Blount Jr. Led Battlefield Surgery in Korea as the First Black Chief Surgeon in a MASH Unit
- Ebony Twilley Martin Named Greenpeace’s First Black Executive Director After Decades of Environmental Exclusion
