James "Pat" Daugherty, 85, served in the Army's storied 92nd Infantry Division, which was made up almost entirely of African-Americans. Molly RobertsFrom The Smithsonian:
In a recently published memoir written over 60 years ago, veteran James Daugherty details his experiences as an African-American in combat
On his dining room table James “Pat” Daugherty had arranged some old faded photographs from his Army days, his Bronze Star, a copy of his recently published World War II memoir, The Buffalo Saga, and his olive-drab steel helmet, marred near the visor by a chunk of now-rusted iron.
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My Comment: And today .... the Commander In Chief is a colored man, a prospect that many would have said was impossible 60 years ago.