From Revolutionary War days to the present, many African-Americans have given their all for a country that often was reluctant to acknowledge them. While the Tuskegee Airmen are widely known, thanks in part to Hollywood, how many people know the story of the Buffalo soldiers? Or the Harlem Hellfighters? Read a brief (and very incomplete) history of their and others’ heroics here.
Photo: Pearl Harbor hero Doris Miller will have an aircraft carrier named for him; video below is a depiction of his actions from the 2001 movie “Pearl Harbor”