LOL! Good point. But this guy is slammin' us NOW, and the terrorists are
just a threat...knock on wood!
At least, in THIS country! Haven't you been watching all of the great TV
shows that have us thwarting threats all over the place? :o)
---Original Message---
From: Martin Pratt
http://www.montfordpointmarines.com/
The current president of the Montford Point Marine Association is SgtMaj
Nathaniel James, Jr. (USMC, Ret.) I had the pleasure of working with him
daily as a LCpl/Cpl during his final enlistment in the Corps while stationed
at Headquarters and Service
Does anybody know about the 555th Airborne, and all-Black paratrooper unit
from WWII? Or the tank brigades that drove Sherman tanks and operated in
Germany near the end of WWII with Patton?
---Original Message---
From: Astromancer
Date: 11/07/05 07:48:42
To:
Here is another...
In recent times the role that African-Americans played in winning
the wars with Native Americans has received a good deal of media
coverage. Most people have heard about the buffalo soldiers,
especially those in the Tenth Cavalry, among whom eleven were
awarded the
i saw it and i was really impressed. i thought aaron did a good job
and i felt so proud of him for accomplishing what he's done. one of
the things i realized while watching is that it's not that i don't
like anime...it's that to me it usually just lacks 'flava'. lol
for me personally, seeing
I thought it was interesting but a little perplexed at the fact that the
majority of the blacks depicted were still relatively light skinned. Not to
nit-pick (too late) but in media we seem to majorally portray lightier
complected peoples. I wanna see a cartoon where the protagonist is a dark
http://www.smh.com.au/news/science/holy-grail-of-physics-within-reach/2005/11/06/1131211949611.html?oneclick=true
Gravity: weight is over
November 7, 2005
The holy grail of physics - gravity waves - is within reach.
If scientists in Europe and the US are right, within months there will be
a
There is a chapter in my old neighborhood...the only reason I know of them
beyond the scant mention of them in our Marine Corps history texts...
James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:http://www.montfordpointmarines.com/
The current president of the Montford Point Marine Association is SgtMaj
No, there were no black marines in WWI...The term Devil Dog was the description
german soldiers at Belleau Woods described the ferosity of the Marines' attack
on their stronghold.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I found the below at a site dealing with Black soldiers
in WWI. I looked because I
I'll have to ask my uncle...he was there...
M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Does anybody know about the 555th
Airborne, and all-Black paratrooper unit
from WWII? Or the tank brigades that drove Sherman tanks and operated in
Germany near the end of WWII with Patton?
---Original
When did it air?
jjai eLf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:i saw it and i was really impressed. i
thought aaron did a good job
and i felt so proud of him for accomplishing what he's done. one of
the things i realized while watching is that it's not that i don't
like anime...it's that to me it usually
I knew about the Seminole Scouts, but not in this detail. Thanks. Whenever I
read of people of color and our past exploits to become accepted in America--or
elsewhere--it's usually with a mixed feeling of pride and sadness. I mean, it
seems you either had to die in combat or kill someone else
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Voters in many states will be deciding important issues by voting Tuesday,
November 8, 2005. No matter where you stand on any of the issues or candidates,
all eligible voters should have the chance to cast their ballots effectively.
If you experience any problem casting
Thanks! What channel?
---Original Message---
From: jjai eLf
Date: 11/07/05 13:40:06
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [scifinoir2] so...did anyone watch the 'boondocks' last night?
i saw it and i was really impressed. i thought aaron did a good job
and i felt so proud of him
sunday nights at 10pm central time on cartoon network. replays
saturdays @ midnight eastern time i believe.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When did it air?
jjai eLf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:i saw it and i was really
impressed. i thought aaron did a
i don't know about aqua teen. i've only seen one episode of that. an
aaron macgruder (sp?) is light skinned so maybe that's why most of
the characters are.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, yinka oyekunle
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I thought it was interesting but a little perplexed at the
No, there were no black marines in WWI
MCJ: This is not true...
http://www.marines.com/page/usmc.jsp?pageId=/page/SubSection-XML-Conversion
jsp?pageName=Historical-Timeline
The first Black enlisted in the Marines in 1942...
---Original Message---
From: Astromancer
Date: 11/07/05
A couple of books that I have:
The Road to Victory -- David P. Colley -- About the Red Ball Express in WWII
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.'s Autobiography. Some history about the Buffalo
Soldiers in the Philippines, too.
Brothers In Arms -- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar/Anthony Walton -- 761st Tank
Battalion
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/african%20american%20photo%20gallery
html
Captain Richard Etheridge, USLSS
Richard Etheridge and his Pea Island Life-Saving Station crew in 1896.
Etheridge was the first African-American keeper (keepers were referred to as
Captain) of a U.S. Life-Saving
hmmm... I hope thats the case. Take for instance, BET News. All of the
anchors were light skinned. We are very heavily color struck (unfortunatley)
still aspire to eurocentric ideas of beauty (which ironically emulates us...
just as long as its not identifibly black). I wanna see
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Scary and all too plausible.
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He may not be as familiar a name as George Lucas, but Rick McCallum,
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Let me spell it out for you...There were no black marines in World War
One...(1914-1918)
M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:No, there were no black marines in WWI
MCJ: This is not true...
http://www.marines.com/page/usmc.jsp?pageId=/page/SubSection-XML-Conversion
'Bloods' was a book written about Black GIs is Viet Nam...
M C Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:A couple of books that I have:
The Road to Victory -- David P. Colley -- About the Red Ball Express in WWII
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.'s Autobiography. Some history about the Buffalo
Soldiers in the
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