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Black soldiers' names reveal bias in historic memorials
In Emmitsburg a World War I memorial lists 132 white servicemen first and three “Colored Soldiers” at the bottom, naming Albert Beatty Ward P. Brown and Charles Edward Butler. Relatives recall discrimination, wartime service in segregated units, and later lives, with Butler injured in Argonne and Beatty leaving survivors. Generations reflect on rights and progress amid memory.
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America
Charles Brockson
Temple University
Emmitsburg
Emmit House
Albert Beatty
Ward P. Brown
Charles Edward Butler
Marguerite Williams
Brown
Butler
Ward
Samuel Emmit
Selective Service Office
Beatty, Brown
U.S. Army
United States
Kathleen Williams
Marie
Beatty
Fort Meade
France
Argonne Forest
Veterans Administration Hospital
Martinsburg
W.va
Ed Butler
John
Carrie
Pennsylvania
Williamses
Taneytown