Black Americans in the Military

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Presentation by Pete Perdue. This one-hour presentation will be held in Rockfish University on Wednesday, Feb 21 and Thursday, Feb 22 starting at 7:00PM. 

February is the traditional month for celebrating Black History.  Pete Perdue will lead a PowerPoint presentation covering Black Americans in the Military, starting with the Revolutionary War and ending with the Iraqi War.  The material is all-inclusive, covering both genders.  This one-hour presentation will be held in Rockfish University on Wednesday, Feb 21 and Thursday, Feb 22 starting at 7:00PM. 

Pete Perdue, a founding member of RVCC, has co-authored an article entitled “Black Americans in the Military” which is published in the February 2018 Edition of the Army and Navy Club (Washington, DC) magazine, “The Dispatch.”  Pete, a retired Navy Captain with 40+ years of service and co-author, Chris Johnson, United States Military Academy, Class of 1973, invested a prodigious amount of time in performing research and writing the article.  They are sharing the results of their research with others in their respective communities/circles by making presentations during Black History Month.  The third member of the team that deserves recognition is home grown.  The art work on the front cover of the February Edition of The Dispatch was painted specifically for that purpose by Frank Walker of Charlottesville.   The painting is of a 92nd Infantry Division soldier in Italy during WWII.  The painting will be on display during the presentation.

Prior to writing this article, Pete had never heard of the WW1 Harlem Hell Fighters and believes very few other Americans have either.  The “Harlem Hell Fighters” name was given to them by German soldiers whose misfortune it was to tangle with them in combat. The superior combat airmanship of the now famous Tuskegee Airmen “Red Tails” was displayed in WWII in 1944/45 in the European Theater but did not receive much national recognition until release of the first movie, “The Tuskegee Airmen,” in 1995, some 50 years later.

Seating is limited—please contact Pete Perdue at 540-456-4885 to RSVP.  If you are interested in seeing the presentation and can’t attend on the above dates, call Pete.  If sufficient interest exists for other dates, effort will be made to do other presentations.

 

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February 21st, 2018 from  to 

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