Weatherman2020
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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.
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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...
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