Rabu, 26 Juli 2017

WWII Today- April 2012

Fight On Two Fronts They sent him to a segregated boot camp, relegated him to a support role hauling ammunition, and refused to let him fight. But Ambrose Anderson Jr. never considered himself anything less than a full-fledged U.S. Marine. “I wouldn’t want to go through boot camp again,’’ says Anderson, 86, a retired truck …

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