WW2 Buffalo Soilder 92nd Division?

I was watching the Olympics a few weeks ago and saw the story about a black soilder in WW2 on the Italiain Gothic line.It was a great story of heroisim and inspired me to try to find out more information about black soilders in WW2.Anyone out there know of any good sites online or have anymore info on this subject.I was also wondering if there was any 120 mm figs of a WW2 black soilder from this unit or any others?I would really appreciate any info.Thanks!

http://www.thehistorynet.com/wwii/blblackpanthertanks/

http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/topics/afam/761TkBn.htm

http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/CHRON3.html

http://www.redstone.army.mil/history/integrate/chron3b.htm

http://www.jamesmcbride.com/info_about.htm

http://www.thehistorynet.com/wwii/bl92infantry/

ajlafleche

Thanks for all these great sites!A lot of good info here.

Thanks again!I found the story I needed here.The gentleman on the show I saw was Lt.Vernon J. Baker.A truly inspiring man.I’m thinking if I cant find a fig of a Buffalo soldier i’ll just convert an existing one.If there are one’s already out there that be cool also though.

There are plenty of 120mm black soldier figures for Vietnam to the present, so I suppose it’d be relatively easy to use a head from one of those, and mate it with a WWII figure body.

Kind of off topic, but it relates to the hardships these men had to endure simply to serve their country. I was at an IPMS show a few years ago. Our show is held at the Spruce Goose Museum every year, and the model tables are planted amongst all the planes, usually under the tail of the Goose. The museum is open for business during the show, so there’s no shortage of people there just for the museum, who had no idea about the show. I was leaving the vendor tables with a Panther G kit under my arm, and this old guy exclaims “German!?? What do want one of those for???” (Obviously not a model builder). Then he tells me about being a grunt in Korea, and how upset he was to see a tank platoon drive past on a road with tanks manned by black guys. He was still clearly agitated by it. Everything about the guy, up to that point was kind of ticking me off, but that story stitched it. I just said “Hmm”, scowled and walked away.

Yeah, and if that same tank platoon had dug his butt out of a really tight crack, I wonder what he would be saying about it?

There are not athiests in foxholes, they say. Racists, however …

Yeah,it’s sad that these feelings are still out there to this day.Just think,back in WW2 blacks of America fought for other countrys freedom when they did’nt even really have their own at home.In that story about Lt.Baker it was his white officer that abandoned his squad and left Mr.Baker to lead his guys when it got rough.He then proceeded to take out a few machinegun nests on his own and then take fire to help get some of his wounded men to safety.And you know what his commanding officer said to him when he went to hand him all the deads dogtags to him?In the fighting Lt.Baker had lost his helmet,so he got chewed out for not having it on!Dispicable behavior to a man that had risked so much for his men.I dont think the Medal Of Honer was even enough for this man.He deserves all our respect and gratitude.

I would have to agree that I find it moving to think that even with all the prejudice and racism there were still “soldiers of color” (by this I mean African American, Japanese American and Native Americans) who still took up arms to defend this country. I like to think that it is somthing that makes this country great.

Grizz