Allied planes in World War II were known for their distinctive black and white stripes on the top on bottom of them that served a specific purpose.

Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform Library of Congress, Prints ... the Civil War. (Another 19,000 enlisted in the U.S. Navy.) Approximately 30,000 of the nearly 40,000 black ...

The naval theater of the American Civil War was filled with innovation and strategic importance. From the Union’s Anaconda ...

She talked about the misconception that all captured African American ... and naval guerrilla action on … Augusta University Professor Holly Pinheiro talked about Black Civil War soldiers ...

Tacoma's only Black naval Civil War veteran. That changes Saturday when a years-long effort spearheaded by a Civil War historian will finally bring Franklin the white marble tombstone that was ...

The U.S. military is in the process of renaming all the bases and warships that honor the Confederacy, including civil ... American to command a U.S. Navy vessel. Sponsor Message After the war ...

The Civil War ... most white northerners were not interested in fighting to free slaves or in giving rights to black people. For this reason, the government turned away African American voluteers ...

As the soldiers of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment stormed toward Fort Wagner, South Carolina, the soldier carrying the American flag fell. It was July 18, 1863, at the heart of ...

As the Pentagon looks to reexamine names honoring Civil War Confederates, a Navy guided missile cruiser has been redubbed in honor of a famous Black statesman from South Carolina who escaped ...

Civil rights leaders and families of World War II ... to the Naval History and Heritage Command. While white officers were given hardship leave after the devastating explosion, Black sailors ...

(WTVM) - As February marks Black History Month ... the importance of African American figures to people throughout the area - including the National Civil War Naval Museum in Columbus.

In March 1915, several months after the beginning of World War I, the British navy began to blockade ... the efforts by many leading American textile and fashion manufacturers to create a fad for ...