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Fighting Germans, Jim Crow
Baton Rouge, La. AP recounts D-Day's diverse forces with about 2000 African American troops, highlighting the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion and Waverly Woodson Jr. A history of discrimination at home and valor abroad is tied to efforts to award Woodson the Medal of Honor despite documentation gaps.
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Baton Rouge
Normandy
Nazi Germany
D-Day
U.S
320Th
Waverly Woodson Jr
Woodson
Associated Press
Omaha Beach
Navy
Chris van Hollen
Maryland
van Hollen
William Dabney
Dabney
Linda Hervieux
Tuskegee
761St
Pittsburgh Courier
Johnnie Jones Sr
Southern University
Europe
Jones
Louisiana