"A Philadelphia woman has unearthed a family photo album filled with fascinating pictures of African American soldiers fighting during World War II. While much attention is currently being devoted to the Tuskegee Airmen who are the subject of a new Hollywood movie called Red Tails, these photos show the plight of less-publicized groups of African American soldiers during the war. The rare photographs give a glimpse into the military life of African Americans, whose lives on both the U.S. bases and the European front-lines were not as dutifully documented as their white counterparts." Rescued from the trash: Photo album of fascinating WWII portraits of African-American troops in Europe | Mail Online
Thanks for posting this Gordon. Here's an article from the Philadelphia Inquirer about the album:Photo album rescued from trash a trove of WWII African American life - Philly.com Gives more details about the 389th and describes other photos not shown. Hope you can find the text amongst the ads!! Thanks to Mrs Johnson and Nelson for saving the photos and delivering them to the Historical Society.
These are definitely historical treasures that Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Nelson rescued. As Skipper said, many important records and relics get thrown out all the time. I prefer to think the folks who do that just don't realize the value of what they discard.
In the past I would have been amazed that they were thrown away. But after finding some things that once belonged to my wife's grandfather (letters, telegram announcing that he was coming home and newspapers), I know people hve no regard for such things. I'm glad that they were salvaged.
