While American troops fought abroad during World War II, servicemen of African American descent were engaged in a second battle for racial equality in their own country. This episode presents reflections on both wars from black World War II veterans in North Carolina.

Black Issues Forum  |  NC's Black WWII Experience

UNC-TV Presents North Carolina's WWII Experience: To Honor A Generation - In the early 1940s, they went from North Carolina farms to Fayetteville and then to France, from Edenton to Europe, the Pacific, and beyond in defense of our country and our values. WWII veterans are now dying as a rate of 40-50 a day, and as they die, their memories die with them. It is time to honor this generation and give them the opportunity to tell their stories 
You can subscribe to a MP3 version of the entire series at 
<a href="http://podcast.unctv.org/rssfeeds/ncwii_podcast.xml">http://podcast.unctv.org/rssfeeds/ncwii__mp3_podcast.xml</a>

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UNC-TV Presents North Carolina's WWII Experience: To Honor A Generation - In the early 1940s, they went from North Carolina farms to Fayetteville and then to France, from Edenton to Europe, the Pacific, and beyond in defense of our country and our values. WWII veterans are now dying as a rate of 40-50 a day, and as they die, their memories die with them. It is time to honor this generation and give them the opportunity to tell their stories You can subscribe to a MP3 version of the entire series at http://podcast.unctv.org/rssfeeds/ncwii__mp3_podcast.xml

UNC-TV Presents North Carolina's WWII Experience: To Honor A Generation - In the early 1940s, they went from North Carolina farms to Fayetteville and then to France, from Edenton to Europe, the Pacific, and beyond in defense of our country and our values. WWII veterans are now dying as a rate of 40-50 a day, and as they die, their memories die with them. It is time to honor this generation and give them the opportunity to tell their stories 
You can subscribe to a MP3 version of the entire series at 
<a href="http://podcast.unctv.org/rssfeeds/ncwii_podcast.xml" rel="noopener noreferrer">http://podcast.unctv.org/rssfeeds/ncwii__mp3_podcast.xml</a>

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