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So...your entire reason for asking was not an interest in history but a platform from which to launch a racist attack.The numbers are so tiny I'm surprised you could find the 800 number for WW II.American black soldiers were used for support and logistics during WWi
They mainly were used as manual labor, such as unloading cargo off ships, building projects, and driving supply trucks. Only a tiny number, if any, were assigned to combat units. ...
There were 2 divisions that were totally black. They lost 1,647 and 3,547 men in combat, respectively.
And the men serving in manual labor jobs, such as unloading cargo off ships, building projects, and driving supply trucks were still in the US Army and still serving in the war.
Were they serving under French command?
Yes. Like many multinational military units, the command was given to one nation. The men were still serving in the US Army.
What do you mean by the term multinational military units?
In this case, the French were in desperate need of men. The US sent members of the US Army to give them relief. But the overall area was under French command.
From the article Coyote posted and I posted:
"The situation was desperate in France, and with exhausted and dwindling armies, the French begged the United States for men. GEN John Pershing, commander of the American Expeditionary Force, promised them four American regiments."
From what I am seeing posted on here it appears the only deaths of Black American Soldiers were those under French command.....interesting but not the topic or an answer to my question.....but as it stands it appears there were more American Black Soldiers killed in WWI than in WWII.
In WWII there were approx. 800 American Black Soldiers killed.....why are the stats available for WWII but not for WWI?
The number of American Black soldiers killed in WWI must be out there somewhere???
You might find this article interesting.
The Color Of Combat: The Minority-Disproportion Myth - Ashbrook
As I was channel-surfing late one evening last week, I was stopped in my tracks by the spectacle of Phil Donahue "interviewing" fellow master of pomposity Chris Matthews about the latter’s views on a war with Iraq. Matthews was waxing indignant about how President Bush’s Iraq policy had been...ashbrook.org
They go in for job training now and avoid the combat arms, then whine about being under-represented in command positions. They're never happy, always sniveling for no reason.