Politics And Military Flashcards
What was the first war in which blacks served in every branch of the U.S. armed forces?
World War Il
President Jimmy Carter honored the 761st Tank Battalion, an all black unit, for fighting in what war?
World War I|
In May 1941, the 758th Tank Battalion was the first African American tank battalion to fight in which war?
World War I|
After his service in what war was Christian County native Elder Watson Diggs instrumental in having the Indiana constitution amended to permit Negro enlistment in the Indiana National Guard?
World War I
What war led Colin Powell to conclude that an army should not enter into combat unless it had a clear objective?
Vietnam
In 1942, what branch of the U.S. armed forces became the last to admit blacks?
U.S. Marine Corps
Inducted into the Kentucky Commission on Human Rights Hall of Fame in 2005, Robert Coleman was a veteran of what branch of the U.S. armed services?
U.S. Air Force
Many civil rights leaders were opposed to the war in Vietnam for what reason?
They were distressed over the high rate of casualties among the black troops.
Before the end of World War I, more than 4,000 black women had enlisted in the Army to serve in support roles. They were known collectively as what?
the Women”s Army Corps (or WAC)
Born in Kentucky, Carl Maxie Brashear, the first African American Navy master diver, lost the lower part of his left leg in an accident on what naval ship?
the USS Hoist
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was the first black general of which branch of the U.S. Armed Forces?
the U.S. Army
What was the largest black unit in the Korean War?
The Twenty-fourth Infantry Regiment
What black support unit drove supplies by truck to advancing American forces and also performed yeoman service during the Battle of the Bulge in 1944?
The Red Ball Express
Dorie Miller, a mess man with the Navy, manned a machine gun without experience and shot down four enemy aircrafts during the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1942, he was awarded what honor for this heroic action?
the Navy Cross
Under the command of Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., the 332nd destroyed 111 planes in the air and 150 on the ground while never losing a single bomber. They were awarded what honor for the service?
the Distinguished Flying Cross
What awards did the French government present to the black soldiers and their battalions for bravery and courage?
the Croix de Guerre, the distinguished French decoration, or Legions of Merit
During the American Revolution, Black soldiers fought with which two organizations as pilots, gunner”s mates, boatswain”s mates, and manned the coastal galleys?
the Continental Navy and the Continental Army
The NAACP pressured President Woodrow Wilson”s administration to establish what officer”s training school for blacks at Fort Dodge, in Des Moines, lowa?
The Colored Officers”
Training Camp (or COTC)
What was the only African American military women’s unit to go overseas during World War II?
the 6888th Postal Unit
Commissioned in 1943, the first group of black naval officers were known as what?
the “Golden Thirteen”
What did Pompey Lamb do to help aid the American Revolutionary War effort?
Spy
William H. Carney received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his participation in what war?
Spanish American War
Who was the first Black American admiral in the US Navy?
Samuel L Gravely, Jr.
During the Civil War, he was the black pilot who sailed a Confederate steamer out of Charleston, South Carolina and delivered it to the Union Navy in 1862.
Robert Smalls
