Military Service

Question 1

What man of Native American and African descent was killed during the Boston massacre in 1770, and is widely considered to be the first American casualty in the American revolution

Answer 1

Crispus Attucks

Question 2

What were the black soldiers who primarily fought Native Americans in the west after the civil war called

Answer 2

Buffalo Soldiers

Question 3

What navy mess attendant, a noncombatant with no training in operating guns, shot down four enemy planes in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and became the first American hero of world war 2

Answer 3

Dorie miller

Question 4

As chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who coordinated Operation Desert storm during the 1991 Persian Gulf War

Answer 4

Colin Powell