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VETERANS REMEMBER

World War II   Timuel Black

Timuel Black
Timuel Black came of age in Chicago's Black Belt during the 1930s, and in 1943 was inducted into the U.S. Army. He received training in the segregated South, then was shipped with his unit to England; his Quartermaster unit landed at Normandy within days of the D-Day landings. He fought across France and in the Battle of the Bulge before witnessing the horrors of Buchenwald first hand. It was there he dedicated himself to working on civil rights issues.

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> Interview 1 (Audio)
Early life through Army Basic Training in 1943-44

> Interview 2 (Audio)
Service in England, France and Germany during WW II

Related Items: Veterans Day 2011 editorial by Mark DePue regarding Timuel Black.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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