Here's a WWII video that "touches" very briefly on Black soldiers working as quartermasters.
They don't go into it, but some people try to minimize their contribution to the war effort by
claiming these jobs were safe. They were not safe, these Blacks face incredible dangers,
with subs sinking ships at sea, to air attacks on their convoys trying to resupply the front lines,
both in the Pacific and Europe. Worse yet is the fact that, Blacks who had signed up to fight the war, wound up in the quartermaster units because of discrimination that kept them, largely off the front lines, until at some point that was changed.
They don't go into it, but some people try to minimize their contribution to the war effort by
claiming these jobs were safe. They were not safe, these Blacks face incredible dangers,
with subs sinking ships at sea, to air attacks on their convoys trying to resupply the front lines,
both in the Pacific and Europe. Worse yet is the fact that, Blacks who had signed up to fight the war, wound up in the quartermaster units because of discrimination that kept them, largely off the front lines, until at some point that was changed.
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