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WWII vet, federal judge named by LBJ retires at 98
He had served longer than any other sitting federal judge.
By Carl Prine
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By Chris Lamb, IUPUI
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The first American hero of World War II helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do.
By Thomas W. Cutrer and T. Michael Parrish, World War II Magazine
Desegregating America’s blood supply to save wounded service members
It was not until 1950 that the Red Cross stopped requiring the segregation of so-called “Negro blood.”
By Thomas A Guglielmo, George Washington University
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Meet the remarkable Allen Allensworth, the slave who became a sailor, then a soldier and then an inspiration to a country divided by racial injustice.
By B. Gordon Wheeler, Wild West
The Navy called them ‘mutineers.’ But were they really scapegoats?
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