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Charles Young: The Army’s first black colonel
The officer’s Army career began with solitude and discrimination at West Point.
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Black Union soldiers fought a costly battle for equal pay
The strategy of paying black troops less than their white counterparts pleased no one.
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Soldiers at Olympics, Sean Spicer and 12-year-old on list of 100 most influential
HillVets list also honors Sen John McCain, an amputee marathoner and a Military Times reporter.
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Military Times’ 2017 Service Members of the Year among HillVets 100 recipients
The honor is part of an effort to strengthen the veteran community.
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This ex-slave pretended to be a man and served in the Army
Cathay Williams was the only documented female buffalo soldier. From 1866 to 1868, an uneducated, illiterate former slave managed to deceive her fellow soldiers, officers and post medical personnel.
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HillVets’ list of top 100 veterans and supporters is rolling out through Friday
HillVets has begun releasing the 2017 recipients of the HillVets 100 award. They will release one name every fifteen minutes on Twitter Wednesday and Thursday.
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‘General Tubman’: Female abolitionist was also a secret military weapon
Harriet Tubman helped plan a South Carolina river raid that freed hundreds of slaves.
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Interview: First black Army secretary on desegregation, the draft, and discrimination
Clifford Alexander Jr. was nominated by President Carter to lead the Army as it shaped itself into a post-Vietnam, all-volunteer force.
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William H. Carney: The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor
From slave to sergeant, a Civil War hero’s story.
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The hellish journey through Pentagon’s red tape to approve a Medal of Honor
The gunny was 67 when the process started, and he is now 80.
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Charles Young: The Army’s first black colonel
The officer’s Army career began with solitude and discrimination at West Point.
-
Black Union soldiers fought a costly battle for equal pay
The strategy of paying black troops less than their white counterparts pleased no one.
-
Soldiers at Olympics, Sean Spicer and 12-year-old on list of 100 most influential
HillVets list also honors Sen John McCain, an amputee marathoner and a Military Times reporter.
-
Military Times’ 2017 Service Members of the Year among HillVets 100 recipients
The honor is part of an effort to strengthen the veteran community.
-
This ex-slave pretended to be a man and served in the Army
Cathay Williams was the only documented female buffalo soldier. From 1866 to 1868, an uneducated, illiterate former slave managed to deceive her fellow soldiers, officers and post medical personnel.
-
HillVets’ list of top 100 veterans and supporters is rolling out through Friday
HillVets has begun releasing the 2017 recipients of the HillVets 100 award. They will release one name every fifteen minutes on Twitter Wednesday and Thursday.
-
‘General Tubman’: Female abolitionist was also a secret military weapon
Harriet Tubman helped plan a South Carolina river raid that freed hundreds of slaves.
-
Interview: First black Army secretary on desegregation, the draft, and discrimination
Clifford Alexander Jr. was nominated by President Carter to lead the Army as it shaped itself into a post-Vietnam, all-volunteer force.
-
William H. Carney: The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor
From slave to sergeant, a Civil War hero’s story.
-
The hellish journey through Pentagon’s red tape to approve a Medal of Honor
The gunny was 67 when the process started, and he is now 80.
-
Charles Young: The Army’s first black colonel
The officer’s Army career began with solitude and discrimination at West Point.
-
Black Union soldiers fought a costly battle for equal pay
The strategy of paying black troops less than their white counterparts pleased no one.
-
Soldiers at Olympics, Sean Spicer and 12-year-old on list of 100 most influential
HillVets list also honors Sen John McCain, an amputee marathoner and a Military Times reporter.
-
Military Times’ 2017 Service Members of the Year among HillVets 100 recipients
The honor is part of an effort to strengthen the veteran community.
-
This ex-slave pretended to be a man and served in the Army
Cathay Williams was the only documented female buffalo soldier. From 1866 to 1868, an uneducated, illiterate former slave managed to deceive her fellow soldiers, officers and post medical personnel.
-
HillVets’ list of top 100 veterans and supporters is rolling out through Friday
HillVets has begun releasing the 2017 recipients of the HillVets 100 award. They will release one name every fifteen minutes on Twitter Wednesday and Thursday.
-
‘General Tubman’: Female abolitionist was also a secret military weapon
Harriet Tubman helped plan a South Carolina river raid that freed hundreds of slaves.
-
Interview: First black Army secretary on desegregation, the draft, and discrimination
Clifford Alexander Jr. was nominated by President Carter to lead the Army as it shaped itself into a post-Vietnam, all-volunteer force.
-
William H. Carney: The first black soldier to earn the Medal of Honor
From slave to sergeant, a Civil War hero’s story.
-
The hellish journey through Pentagon’s red tape to approve a Medal of Honor
The gunny was 67 when the process started, and he is now 80.
