"The 12th Armored Division was a racially segregated armored division of the United States Army in WW2.
12th AD soldier with German prisoners of war, April 1945
The Negro soldiers were ordered to fight Germans, Italians, and others to gain White folks their freedom -then after the war they returned to a segregated, lynching, discriminating USA."
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Context "An African American soldier with the 12th Armored Division
During World War II, African American and white soldiers who were bonded on the battlefield were divided at home. The US 12th Armored Division was one of only ten US divisions during World War II that had integrated combat companies."
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