World War II

Charles McGee, one of the prestigious gentlemen of the Tuskegee Airmen who fought bravely in World War II, passed away recently at the age of 102 peacefully in his sleep at home in Bethesda, Maryland.

Lawrence N. Brooks, a Black man who was credited with being the oldest WWII veteran in the U.S., has sadly passed away at the supercentenarian age of 112 years old.

New Orleans showed up and showed out as only NOLA could to honor the 112th birthday of Lawrence Brooks, the oldest living World War II veteran in America and a certified hometown hero.

The Senate passed legislation that would award members of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, affectionately known as the Six Triple Eight and the only Black battalion of women to serve in Europe during World War II, with the Congressional Gold Medal.

One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen has died. Lt. Col. Robert Friend, who flew 142 combat missions in World War II passed away on Saturday from sepsis. He was 99 years old. Friend was a member of the Airmen, an elite group of African-American military pilots who fought the Nazis during the Second World War, […]

During World War II, a black U.S. Coast Guard volunteer named Charles David, Jr. aboard the ship Comanche, braved the bitter February cold to help save hundreds of men. The fallen sailors were aboard the SS Dorchester, which had just been hit by a German torpedo. David was among many men who volunteered to go […]

The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was an all-black unit of World War II. Their service would begin in Normandy in 1944 with intense combat. Though there were many soldiers who were captured during World War II, none would take on the story of eleven men left to die from the 333rd – they would be […]