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From: Michael Vermont <>
Subject: [CARIBBEAN] Re: British West Indian Regiment
Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 22:10:43 -0400


aporter wrote:

> With all due respect, I beg to differ.
>
> As a background, my great-grandfather was enlisted with the 92nd Division,
> U. S. Army, died in World War I and is buried in the Meuse Argonne Cemetary
> in France. The history books will only reveal that a handful of Black
> Americans were honoured with medals due to their bravery, all post-humously,
> as the American Army refused to recognize their service. I then read the
> book "The Unknown Soldier" which also goes into great detail about the fact
> that Black Americans were also mistreated and used as labourers. However,
> it also details the bravery of the 93rd (I believe) Division who
> participated in the ampitheatre of war and was able to stave off the
> Germans. Had I not dug deeper I would not have known that fact and would
> have accepted the role of our people as proverbial mules.
>
> When I attempted to ascertain information about the BWIRs involvement in
> WWI, only one book gave a one paragraph capsulized history of the Regiment.
> So, I no longer look to one source for my information.

Mr. Porter.
I appreciate the quality of your apolitical post. An excellent qualitative
contribution to this list. Precise. Supported.Cited. A welcomed cut
above.Politely enlightening. An immense thank you for taking the time to share
this with us.

An appreciative lister.

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