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Article: The American Foreign Legion: Black Soldiers of the 93d in World War I
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- Air & Space Power Journal
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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The American Foreign Legion: Black Soldiers of the 93d in World War I by Frank E. Roberts. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/ press/press.html), USNI Operations Center, 2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, Maryland 21401-6780, 2004, 288 pages, $29.95 (hardcover).
More than three decades ago, historians began to weave the little-known exploits of African-Americans into the fabric of American history. Frank E. Roberts's The American Foreign Legion continues that trend by contributing another chapter to American military historiography.
By 2004 the public had grown accustomed to reading about black soldiers in nearly every area of American military history. Roberts cogently reminds us ...