It was immediately obvious that their work would be important for morale

From Patton's speech to the Third Army (his examples are supply logistics)

All the real heroes are not storybook combat fighters. Every single man in the army plays a vital role. So don't ever let up. Don't ever think that your job is unimportant.

I read "Great Triumvirate " many years ago mostly cause of Acedemic Historian and author Merrill Peterson ,who was famous for his works on Thomas Jefferson .I remember feeling he strived to be fair to all 3 subjects ,though Calhoun because his race beliefs was difficult. Peterson is an excellent author and writes great books. I've also read Brands a historian from University of Texas , though I haven't read this specific book,Triumvirate is from 1987 ,Founders is 2018,personally I favor Triumvirate just enjoyed reading the author easier.

The generations today are too, give ‘em time.

Well I mean, we really should operate in a post-war world too. But thats I guess too advanced a thought for the rest of humanity.

If your sentiment is that we should operate in a post-racial world, I would agree. Unfortunately in the world we currently live in, people often associate ethnicity with nationality at a level that has rarely been historically accurate.

>When one hears that the UK fought WW2, one tends to think of a white British man, not an Indian man, although both are accurate.

Does that matter? I mean, the Roman Imperial Army had black legionnaires in it too. But why is that important?

Bless those brave women. Their story needs to be known to all of us.

“Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics.” – Gen. Robert H. Barrow

Exactly my thoughts. I'm shocked.

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If any readers get the chance take a detour to Sweetwater, TX to see the https://www.waspmuseum.org/

I had the privilege to meet one of these rock stars at an event years ago. I was still recruiting (AF, 1967 - 1977). This little old lady paused when she saw me ... it was still unusual to see women in uniform. I greeted her and she only smiled, then reached into her purse to show me her WASP ID. I was stunned ... having read about these women pilots was inspiring. We hugged and spoke several minutes.

After all these years I'm ashamed to say I don't remember her name; I need to go back over their rosters and see if any spark a memory.

Have you ever read "Lies my Teacher taught me"? It was interesting and infuriating. Granted I didn't read all of it as I'm not much into non-fiction. But. It wasn't accidental.

I am also quite bamboozled by this.

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How the hell does this get so many downvotes? Apparently my opinion of this sub was too high.

Edit: There's no clear pattern to which comments are upvoted or downvoted heavily. What gives?

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Looking for Primary Sources on Mary Eliza Mahoney, First Black Nurse in the U.S.

I see that she gave the opening speech at the first convention of the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses, but it looks like the records from the organization are all at NYPL and have not been digitized and put online at this time. I am a librarian and usually pretty good at finding these kinds of things, but I'm coming up empty and would love to be able to help this student. Thanks in advance for any leads you may have!

X, Y and Z all fought the same opponent in different times and locations, yet they all failed. They had different backgrounds, different religions and barely contacted each other, but they shared a common enemy, that shared the same religion with Y, after it converted them. X and Y laid siege to its capital, but only Y succeeded, despite X’s best efforts to stop them. Meanwhile Z’s precursor tried to do the same, came close but was ultimately unsuccessful. If you calculate the distance between the capitals of X and Z and Y and Z in kilometers you will get two, four digit numbers. Subtracting those numbers leaves you with a little over four times the length of the famous walls of the Y capital.

X was a battle of new vs old, few vs the many in more ways than one. A battle where old rivals put aside their differences and fought as one. There were many participants in the side of the many but they all came from three modern countries. Two of them were large, but the third one was tiny, yet formidable. A cultural melting pot, which held its ground more than once no matter how many bombs were thrown at it and yet, the country fell in only six days to a very famous general, who turned things around by abolishing slavery and founding many schools. That did not last however, as the country was later taken over by a cripple. That crippled would later die by a seemingly unremarkable places, besides a lighthouse and Roman baths discovered in 2021. The Roman baths or Thermae are also a very important archeological site in the city of Y, which also saw a massive battle unfold as many clashed against the same few. The battle of Y, crippled many men, but it was the death of the king with four crowns that ultimately decided its outcome. One of his four crowns belonged the kingdom which was the first one outside of Italy to embrace the Renaissance, innovative in many ways one of these inventions would eventually be used in the conquest of Z.

I need solutions for these riddles

However their service has been recorded, that is the issue here. Meticulous records of troops and service were kept, through logs, diaries and other records. We have absolutely unfathomable amounts of data from the period, hence so many documentaries and historical books upon the era.

The people may not be alive, but the records are very much intact. While people were very much racist, they were still very happy recording every detail.

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Great share! Thank you. Mail is so incredibly important when you’re deployed. It would make my entire week to get a single letter. Just outstanding to see this brave American recognized.

> Those people can be acknowledged and the wrongs of that era made right. It wouldn't take huge monetary or social change, but acknowledging these people and their contributions.

Depending on the group, it can be hard to dig up information to accurately depict this if there was something like rampant racism that refused to acknowledge contributions.

It's hard to bring up 80 year old information that never got written down, many of the people involved wouldn't even still be alive.

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