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Article: Army honors five black World War II veterans
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- July 23, 1998
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JOHN DIAMOND Associated Press Writer
AP Online
07-23-1998
WASHINGTON (AP) _ The Army honored five black soldiers Thursday who jumped at the chance to fight Germany 54 years ago but waited nearly a lifetime for full recognition.
At a ceremony in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes, the Army's No. 2 general awarded medals to five soldiers who were among 2,221 blacks who answered Gen. Dwight Eisenhower's emergency call to serve in the front lines with units depleted in the fight against Germany.
Former 1st Sgt. Vincent Malveaux remembers well the day in December 1944 when the ``invitation'' from Eisenhower was circulated among his infantry support unit of black soldiers serving in what was ...