Five-time Boston/New England Emmy Award-winner John Horrigan discusses important fighting units, comprised of African Americans, who fought during World War II, including the 761st Tank Battalion “Black Panthers”; the 333rd Tank Battalion “The Wereth 11”; the 332nd Expeditionary Operations and 477th Bombardment Group “Tuskegee Airmen/Red Tails” and the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion “Triple Nickles.”
Presented by John Horrigan, lecturer, performer, and five-time Boston/New England Emmy Award-winner (and twenty-time nominee) for the television program The Folklorist
Image: The Black Panthers Enter Combat: The 761st Tank Battalion. Courtesy US Army.
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