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Article: Courage in Full Color; Black Soldiers Get an Overdue Starring Role in the Cinematic Story of World War II
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- August 17, 2008
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Inside the brick home on the corner sits a brave man. He once
stalked Nazis across Italian hillsides, crunching through foot-
high snow.
After his wife died, Joseph Stephenson moved in with his daughter
here in Cheverly. He's in the living room, his tall body covering
the navy blue recliner. Sunlight bounces off the hardwood floors.
Three of his grandchildren are in another room, and their voices
swoop around and over him like birds.
"Say what?"
The grandchildren have just called out to him about bolting for
the local swimming pool.
"Okay, be careful," he yells out.
The old soldier is talking about the Germans and the bullets that
came ricocheting down from the hills during the savage ...
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