Did African Americans fight in World War II for America?

On Peleliu some of these support troops took up rifles and assisted the 1st Marine Division in the fighting on the island. Approximately 800 served on Iwo Jima bringing up ammunition and supplies as well as evacuating wounded. read more

Many African-American soldiers served their country with distinction during World War II. There were 125,000 African-Americans who were overseas in World War II. read more

More than 2.5 million African Americans registered for the draft when World War II began; 1 million served. And though they faced segregation, even in combat, the Courier was there to tell their stories, to fight against racial discrimination within the armed forces and to insist that the quest for civil rights at home was just as important as the fight against fascism abroad. read more

Millions of Americans fought in the military during World War II, including nearly one million African-Americans read more