Last Black That Fought on D-Day Gets Called Home

[Weatherman2020]

The Army was segregated at the time, his battalion was assigned to establish barrage balloons on Omaha and Utah beaches. I believe 6 in his battalion were killed by German snipers.

Obituary: Henry Parham, last of a Black unit that fought on D-Day, dies at 99

Before 2009, the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion at Normandy, Henry Parham got little recognition for his role as an African-American soldier in...

www.post-gazette.com

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

Omaha and Utah on 6/6/44 was the front line of front lines.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

*****SAD SMILE*****

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

Omaha and Utah on 6/6/44 was the front line of front lines.

Yes, and no. I mean. I guess we can consider anything within 20 miles of actual engagement the front lines. I am not claiming that blacks did not engage the enemy. However, we must be careful to laud these guys as the 'tip of the spear' so to speak.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

Omaha and Utah on 6/6/44 was the front line of front lines.

Yes, and no. I mean. I guess we can consider anything within 20 miles of actual engagement the front lines. I am not claiming that blacks did not engage the enemy. However, we must be careful to laud these guys as the 'tip of the spear' so to speak.

These guys were tip of the spear. 6 in their brigade were killed that day.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

Omaha and Utah on 6/6/44 was the front line of front lines.

Yes, and no. I mean. I guess we can consider anything within 20 miles of actual engagement the front lines. I am not claiming that blacks did not engage the enemy. However, we must be careful to laud these guys as the 'tip of the spear' so to speak.

These guys were tip of the spear. 6 in their brigade were killed that day.

I didn't say they were completely out of danger. There were units who has casualty rates in the 70th percentile. Stop propagating known untruths.

 

[Weatherman2020]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

Omaha and Utah on 6/6/44 was the front line of front lines.

Yes, and no. I mean. I guess we can consider anything within 20 miles of actual engagement the front lines. I am not claiming that blacks did not engage the enemy. However, we must be careful to laud these guys as the 'tip of the spear' so to speak.

These guys were tip of the spear. 6 in their brigade were killed that day.

I didn't say they were completely out of danger. There were units who has casualty rates in the 70th percentile. Stop propagating known untruths.

Stop acting like these men were not critical to the victory of D-Day.

 

[Gabe Lackmann]

Rightly, or wrongly, Blacks didn't really 'fight' at D-Day...they were in the rear with the gear. They were in support units. There were some active air units...not during D-Day, But blacks were primarily not on the front lines in WW2.

Omaha and Utah on 6/6/44 was the front line of front lines.

Yes, and no. I mean. I guess we can consider anything within 20 miles of actual engagement the front lines. I am not claiming that blacks did not engage the enemy. However, we must be careful to laud these guys as the 'tip of the spear' so to speak.

These guys were tip of the spear. 6 in their brigade were killed that day.

I didn't say they were completely out of danger. There were units who has casualty rates in the 70th percentile. Stop propagating known untruths.

Stop acting like these men were not critical to the victory of D-Day.

I didn't say they were not vital. Mess cooks, supply clerks, and motor pool mechanics move the Army. But leading the charge against the Germans? No...no.

 

[whitehall]

A battalion has about a thousand men. Statistically speaking 6 KIA is a pretty low figure. WW2 Heroes, white and black, die every day.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Rest in Peace good sir.

 

[NoBueno]

He did his duty, and should be saluted.