A Black WWII tank battalion rescued from obscurity

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  • Опубліковано 11 жов 2024
  • Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is narrator and executive producer of the History Channel documentary "761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers," about one of only a few African-American tank battalions that saw combat in World War II, at a time when the armed forces were still segregated. He talks with CBS News national security correspondent David Martin about the importance of bringing the story of the 761st to light.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 272

  • @kevinjenner9502
    @kevinjenner9502 Рік тому +111

    Georgia native Eugene Bullard, was the first African American pilot to see combat and was known as the “Black Swallow of Death” He fought for France in both WW1 and WW2, and was awarded Frances’s Croix de guerre in both wars.

    • @caribman10
      @caribman10 Рік тому +15

      ...but when he tried to gain entry into the US air arm he was denied. That's our country.

    • @malikr2271
      @malikr2271 Рік тому

      @@caribman10and racism will be the death of it. They want Black folks to have no Glory smh.

  • @kennethcaine3402
    @kennethcaine3402 Рік тому +83

    I worked with a man who was in that tank Division. I found this out when President Carter presented the Honor to this group. I am White and when he explained everything that group had done during the War I was humbled and ashamed that they hadn't been recognized until then. He told me how his tanks were the 1st to cross the Rhine River ahead of Pattons 3rd Armour Division. His last name was Cooks I can't remember his 1st name as I always called him Mr Cooks. He was a very good man a great worker and I respected him very much. My Father was a Marine in the Pacific, 1st Marine Division and he also worked at the paper mill. When I started working there in 1971 at the age of 19 they allowed very few Black people in lines of progression where they could move up and make more money, but that started to change in the next few years. I am very interested in what yall are doing and I enjoyed what I saw but I had a first hand eye witness account from a Hero who was there. May they rest in Peace.

    • @tomaram6938
      @tomaram6938 Рік тому +11

      Your words were heartfelt and very kind. Thank you. 😊

    • @kennethcaine3402
      @kennethcaine3402 Рік тому +8

      @tomaram6938 thanks for your kind words.

    • @malikr2271
      @malikr2271 Рік тому +8

      Thanks for sharing

    • @lasandralucas7314
      @lasandralucas7314 Рік тому +5

      Thank you.

    • @shaunp792
      @shaunp792 Рік тому +5

      Thank you for your post. It really makes me sad to know the sacrifices that these brave black tankers did was swept under the rug… They didn’t do average they did exceptional service to our country for 183 days! Front line without a break like the other tank battalions required after 10-15 days of fighting.
      Thank you for recognizing their importance in history!

  • @bensayles1541
    @bensayles1541 Рік тому +98

    There are so many of these stories that need to be told, please keep telling them so that all future generations can know the complete history of America.

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +1

      YES!

    • @MarkLac
      @MarkLac 3 місяці тому +1

      I heard about this story many years ago when the History Channel was THE HISTORY CHANNEL. The 761st’s Commander Paul L. Bates believed in his men and even his wife at the time who was still alive recalled her husbands words how Paul saw this all black tank unit as the best of the best. He respected them a lot and it stuck out to the men. So much so when Paul L Bates passed away in 1995, multiple 761st Veterans attended his funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.

  • @john-paulnagel2732
    @john-paulnagel2732 Рік тому +21

    These Heroes Need to Never Be Forgotten!!!❤

  • @Chefjoe63
    @Chefjoe63 Рік тому +13

    My father was a member of this company under Patton, before he was transferred to this company he was in the Red Ball Express,his stories were amazing growing up . He told us about how when he came home that he was still called racial slurs and still had to sit behind the German prisoners that they helped capture.

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +4

      Disgusting.
      God Bless you and your wonderful father!
      Best!
      Peace!

  • @wilb6657
    @wilb6657 Рік тому +6

    It's ABOUT TIME that these dudes are getting their props! These guys were truly badass.

  • @dengar1313
    @dengar1313 Рік тому +19

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, in 2005, published an excellent nonfiction book about the 761st called Brothers in Arms. Cannot recommend it enough. This would be an excellent HBO tv series in similar fashion to Band of Brothers.

  • @michaeltudda8462
    @michaeltudda8462 Рік тому +12

    These men are incredible. They were never obscure, ever. Learned about these guys while watching the Cosby Show.

  • @CorettaJG
    @CorettaJG Рік тому +6

    Thank you for shining a light on the 761st. Brave Americans. 🇺🇸

  • @alecwilliams7111
    @alecwilliams7111 Рік тому +66

    All Americans who fought bravely for their country should be remembered with honor.

    • @valswhitewolf6611
      @valswhitewolf6611 Рік тому +6

      And not the kast to be honored when metals are doled out.

    • @ShredCo
      @ShredCo Рік тому +3

      They only need black heroes, thanks

  • @LTNye
    @LTNye Рік тому +4

    2:41 "Why don't we know ALL of American history?" That's an amazing statement that needs to be answered.

  • @msspi764
    @msspi764 Рік тому +19

    Not completely unknown. My father was in the 71st Division. He told the story of being pinned down by some 88s up on a hill, and the Black Panthers came up and with some counter battery fire pushed the 88s off the hill. My father didn’t talk much about the war, I never knew about Gunkirshen until after he passed. But that was a story he’d tell.

  • @cruzin54321
    @cruzin54321 Рік тому +29

    Beautifully done! Wow!! Thank you for highlighting this.

  • @jellyrollfriend
    @jellyrollfriend Рік тому +9

    thank you gentlemen on the 761st for your bravery and service -- this story brought tears to my eyes. Mr. Freeman, kudos for bringing light onto an important piece of history that should never be forgotten.

  • @nolongerblocked6210
    @nolongerblocked6210 Рік тому +17

    The time has come Mr Freeman, indeed it has. As a white American I'm embarrassed that our government didn't give these brave gentlemen the medal they'd earned while alive. Hopefully you can make their story more well known & appreciated by all Americans

  • @johnlowell5905
    @johnlowell5905 Рік тому +31

    This is not obscure history to military history buffs. I read the book and have seen the PBS documentary. Also covered in a number of magazine articles I've read. Deserves a movie.

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому +4

      Not only would a movie about Black tank battalions show our contributions in winning wars, that movie would be a moneymaker. THE BRAVERY of black soldiers needs to be shown!

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +3

      @@keithevans7911
      Yes!

  • @GKP999
    @GKP999 Рік тому +21

    The US would be a much richer and happier country for all if it treated all of its citizens equally and invested fruitfully in each person.

    • @nghtwtchmn129
      @nghtwtchmn129 Рік тому +1

      That's why the U.S. offers all citizens 12 years of taxpayer-funded schooling. We even offer it to illegal aliens. Plus we have programs like Head Start and free school lunches on top of that.

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +2

      YES!

  • @brentk4418
    @brentk4418 Рік тому +26

    Not to take away from the story here but another little-known WWII outfit were the soldiers of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion. I was honored and humbled to visit the memorial to the Wereth Eleven in Belgium while I was stationed in Germany. A massacre very few have heard about.

    • @ShredCo
      @ShredCo Рік тому

      If they're not black, they don't care.

    • @williestyle35
      @williestyle35 Рік тому +4

      It does not detract from 761st to mention other units that have been overlooked or not given their spotlight. The 442nd Regimental Combat Team was one the most decorated units serving in WWII. The Japanese Americans in that unit had come from internment camps to serve, and still rarely get noticed or given a spotlight for what they accomplished.

    • @Imissyoulou
      @Imissyoulou Рік тому +5

      There is a book about them. There is also a picture of their memorial in there. They got more recognition in Belgium, than in the US.

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому +3

      Why is it when anyone tries to bring up American Black Descendent bravery and contribution in wars, immediately people try to co-opt and undermine their historic impact? This piece was ONLY about these black men and only them. You will NEVER see black people EVER trying to derail or co-opt other races contributions in war!

    • @ShredCo
      @ShredCo Рік тому

      @@keithevans7911 Because of the appalling violence and criminality of young and middle aged African Americans.

  • @kevinstinson4853
    @kevinstinson4853 Рік тому +24

    We as Americans owe all our service members the gratitude and respect they EARNED!!!!!

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +1

      Stop playing pseudo intellectual racist mind games.
      The history of black American combat veterans has been knowingly and willingly and actively suppressed since before America was America.
      GET OVER YOURSELF!

  • @chrissummers2689
    @chrissummers2689 Рік тому +3

    This is exactly why ALL history must be taught! Parents, if your school system refuses to recognize history such as this, take your children to the library, find these stories, educate them. Don't let ignorance be their guide.

  • @nickolasmeyers5764
    @nickolasmeyers5764 Рік тому +2

    To fight for a country that didn’t see you as equal but still giving it your all to defend it is truly honorable I have nothing but respect for all of our service members but for what these men did is truly incredible I salute you all. I hope god had blessed you after the horrors you’ve seen

  • @SteveBrant55
    @SteveBrant55 Рік тому +12

    Such important journalism! Thank you CBS Sunday Morning, for helping us learn ALL of American history, not just what some want us to learn.

  • @jamesgrotto2219
    @jamesgrotto2219 Рік тому +1

    True heros never to be forgotten. I have served in a tank battalion 1980 4/69. I read a book in the late 80s about the 761st.

  • @MrTaylorTexas
    @MrTaylorTexas Рік тому +13

    I just caught the last part of this on TV. Thank you very much for keeping history alive and helping to get ALL of it told.

  • @adamazzalino5247
    @adamazzalino5247 Рік тому +36

    To echo what others have said, I heard about the 761st in a COD game in 2004. They were also featured in Matthew F. Delmont's Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting World War II at Home, (2022), a powerful book by a great historian. They are well known by historians and those who pass that story down, but not enough of the public, I agree. The doc sounds great---a wonderful step! However--why not actually do a Band of Brothers--for the 761st and other black units? There's such a rich history to draw on that might appeal a bit more widely as a mini-series. If Tom Hanks gets a Masters Of The Air, to tell the air war for some reason.... why not the 761st as a narrative story as well? It's so important to learn about what they faced in Europe and at home with the Double-V campaign. This is so cool, but a show needs to be greenlighted someday. John Ford, who shot films on D-Day, said the black truck driver he saw who drove supplies across the beach dodging shells and came back, again and again, was braver than he was.
    These guys not only had to face down the racism of the Nazis but the racism of officers who didn't think they could fight or ignored the vital support work they did. They deserved to be known and honored and it never forgotten men like Medgar Evers came home ready to fight for freedom at home too.

    • @jaysonpida5379
      @jaysonpida5379 Рік тому +4

      Agree.

    • @cfowler429
      @cfowler429 Рік тому +3

      Well said thank you!

    • @theklporter6262
      @theklporter6262 Рік тому +1

      COD: Finest Hour. Loved that level.

    • @darthredbeard2421
      @darthredbeard2421 Рік тому +2

      Finest Hour was the first Call of Duty to put actual history about stuff like this.

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 Рік тому +1

      >"If Tom Hanks gets a Masters Of The Air, to tell the air war for some reason...."
      Do you think that the stories of Airmen are not worth telling or something?

  • @Hedgehobbit
    @Hedgehobbit Рік тому +19

    The 761st is one of the most famous tank battalions of WW2 and isn't obscure or forgotten.

    • @yvonneplant9434
      @yvonneplant9434 Рік тому +11

      Did any of them get GI Bill benefits?

    • @armadspengler2717
      @armadspengler2717 Рік тому +14

      ​@@yvonneplant9434Exactly!!! That's the point! Segregated in the military, discriminated against by their government when they came home. That's an outrageous betrayal on those brave fighters which kept them and their families away from social advancement for the following decades.

    • @bkscott2010ss
      @bkscott2010ss Рік тому

      They are famous now, but their records were classified for 50 years when the war ended, so that public would not know what they did....

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 Рік тому

      @@yvonneplant9434 Yes, they did. It's a revisionary myth that black GIs were denied benefits by the federal government after the war.

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 Рік тому

      Correct. The 761st has multiple documentaries at this point. I get that people want to hear the stories of black veterans over white veterans, which is totally their prerogative, but the 761st's participation in the US military needs to be put into perspective as well.

  • @atticuswatts1883
    @atticuswatts1883 Рік тому +4

    I LOVE Morgan Freeman he's A true Legend And one of the greatest actors of all time We love you Mr. Freeman.

  • @ramiyazje
    @ramiyazje Рік тому +29

    I watched the recently released movie with the name 'Come Out Fighting' only last week. Unfortunately, it was done on the cheap by a clueless writer/ producer/ director which ruined the whole premise! However, it still told me a story that I couldn't believe I was hearing about for the first time. The bravery of these men were extraordinary ❤

    • @cxjeter
      @cxjeter Рік тому +3

      You are right I was wondering if I was the only one I turned it off after 10 min

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +1

      Thanks for sharing.

  • @hinthegroove9740
    @hinthegroove9740 Рік тому +14

    Wow, just wow.

  • @geraldbeasley
    @geraldbeasley Рік тому +7

    Gen. Patton & GN. Ben O. Mayes ( only African American) in armed forces. Came to N. Africa bring 91st & 92nd Infantry ( formerly 9th & 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers. Arrived in Italy , RIP Master Sergeant Lee Beasley 2 Bronze Stars. 1941 to 1944 . Thank you very much

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому

      Yeah Italy and our ole supremist government covered up a lot of atrocities during war. They covered up Emmitt Till's father being tried and executed for raping Italian girls when under deep investigation you'll find his father and another black soldier were patsy's for white soldier deviants. Till's father was however guilty for theft of food related supplies (wrong place, wrong time!). Isn't it funny how the military back then tried and executed soldiers quickly with no due process. They covered up a lot of crimes and most will never know!

  • @ak9989
    @ak9989 Рік тому +2

    It's a safe bet you cbs never heard of this battalion. I have since I was 9 in 1974! I have several books on them and I was a real tanker for 23 yrs!

  • @nevincaulfield
    @nevincaulfield Рік тому +8

    They shoulda made this movie instead of the fictional ‘Fury’

  • @peterwodzianski1958
    @peterwodzianski1958 Рік тому +6

    This deserves the Movie. Very few people know about historical events like this one. They beat Patton’s 3rd Army to cross the Rhine. Hahaha. Take that!
    This needs to be told to the masses.

    • @douglasjones2570
      @douglasjones2570 9 місяців тому +1

      Just FYI, they were actually a part of Patton’s Third Army.
      Really, Patton gave them their chance to serve.
      None of the other white bigoted commanders in that sector would do so, which is a big part of why their exemplary combat record was so vigorously and actively suppressed for so long.

  • @jefffoutz4024
    @jefffoutz4024 Рік тому +1

    The Black Panthers are known and honored to students of history. Warriors to a man!Bless their memory! 👍😎

  • @HERU6200
    @HERU6200 Рік тому +6

    This is likely the inspiration for the name of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, certainly the fighting spirit and the push for excellence resonates between them.

  • @rc59191
    @rc59191 6 місяців тому +1

    They were never obscure to me I was fascinated by their story after playing their missions in Call of Duty Finest Hour.

    • @MarkLac
      @MarkLac 3 місяці тому

      That and The History Channel had a documentary about them!

  • @barrywhite6060
    @barrywhite6060 Рік тому +3

    You telling me that the library of congress can't make a digital copy or like the guy said ask Morgan Freeman if he's willing to record the book as an audiobook, you know he would. This should have been done years ago, I would like to read it and would definitely get it if it was available as a audiobook.

  • @robertscott6048
    @robertscott6048 Рік тому +1

    That book should be reprinted and put in every library in the United States

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn Рік тому +20

    No one since Spike Lee has done a film about black regiments. Good for Morgan to put this together.

    • @jamalwilburn228
      @jamalwilburn228 Рік тому +1

      Should end with a blue hair German non-binary Lesbian mentally handicapped person coming in a Machine Gun wheelchair and saving the tankers. She then goes to the nearest village and tells them they're bad people and "Racism is ove..for now" Then the movie ends, and it gets 10/10 on all critics

  • @veramae4098
    @veramae4098 Рік тому +8

    I wasn't taught ANY black history in high school, 1960s. I once asked our American history teacher why he wasn't including black history, and he waid, well, if he had any black students he would. But he don't.
    I thought that was a ridiculous reason, and still do. I hope he thought about it.
    BTW, President Truman integrated the military. A lot of people thought it was the end of the world!

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 Рік тому

      What do you Americans even mean with 'black history', does that include African history?
      Why do you relegate obviously American history to a single month for example?
      As long as you keep pointing out your differences, you'll never be united.

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому

      Thank You for confirming how supremacy in education didn't want white students to learn about American Black Descendent contributions. Even black inventors were put on the back burner and had my ancestors not contributed I'm sure America would still be scratching in the dark. It's sad!

  • @amosfrench7452
    @amosfrench7452 Рік тому +1

    I was in the army reserves in the early eighties. My unit was the 84th Division “ Black Hawk “ ! The division switched over to armor, being a tanker is hard. I learned a lot ! We trained on the M60A1 ! The M60 A1 was the tank, before the Abram. I found out everything on the tank hurt . Good training !

  • @lindaweigel8572
    @lindaweigel8572 Рік тому +10

    I wish I had known about this when I was in school! We need ALL the stories, not censured or "left out" or whatever excuse is given. History when truthfully recognized not only enlightens but empowers each of us.

  • @stephendoing2253
    @stephendoing2253 Рік тому

    Thank for all of your service!

  • @jimhollenbeck4488
    @jimhollenbeck4488 4 місяці тому

    In 1984 the book "Hit Hard" was published, it was my introduction to the remarkable story of the 761st Battalion AKA The Black Panthers, it's about time the story of these brave men is brought to a wider audience.

  • @alecsardo2635
    @alecsardo2635 Місяць тому

    3:12 when he says that, that’s something I definitely want to see in movie theaters

  • @rodgerjeffries6622
    @rodgerjeffries6622 Рік тому +5

    A great story that’s finally getting told to the American people , this is why all of American history should be told not just the white side, we need to learn it all.!!!

  • @bryangsmitty
    @bryangsmitty Рік тому +8

    Please read: Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  • @grapeshot
    @grapeshot Рік тому +1

    My grandfather served with the 452nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion US Army.

  • @starguard4122
    @starguard4122 Рік тому +6

    They never mentioned the fact that this was also the battalion that raided the Dacau concentration camp. I remember seeing it in a documentary once!

  • @ppdntn1
    @ppdntn1 Рік тому +1

    They were at least equipped with the high velocity 76.2mm gun for the updated Sherman tank.

  • @rr7firefly
    @rr7firefly Рік тому +20

    Were there any black American soldiers in German prison camps? I ask because the narrator states that African Americans were not ever positioned on the front lines in WW2. // Deepest gratitude to Mister Freeman for creating the History Channel documentary. The story needs to be more widely known.

    • @davanmani556
      @davanmani556 Рік тому +10

      They were in Mathausen.

    • @jamalwilburn228
      @jamalwilburn228 Рік тому +9

      A few Tuskgee Airmen were POWs

    • @rr7firefly
      @rr7firefly Рік тому

      @@jamalwilburn228 Makes me wonder if they were treated worse for being from a race that the Nazis considered well below them. They hated Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

    • @paulacopeland8360
      @paulacopeland8360 Рік тому

      Captured black American military members were either placed in German POW camps or were murdered by the SS like the Wereth Eleven.

    • @sonpacho
      @sonpacho Рік тому +5

      You might be interested in 'The Wereth 11' story.

  • @edwardblassingamesr983
    @edwardblassingamesr983 Рік тому +2

    It is sad that we are only awarded the medal of honor after we die, and it seems like a million years have passed. The worst is that it still goes on today. My cousin father jumped on a grenade, saving many lives during the Korean War. I always admired that man. But he never got a medal of honor. Something his white counterpart would have gotten without question.

  • @paleggett1897
    @paleggett1897 Рік тому +1

    Bless Up, Mr Freeman❣️

  • @hvdesai
    @hvdesai Рік тому +8

    Great story. Keep it coming.

  • @wendyhill4547
    @wendyhill4547 Рік тому +2

    Hey! Tyler Perry! Please do a movie portraying these amazing black heroes!!!!

  • @tobechukwuolumba7337
    @tobechukwuolumba7337 Рік тому +8

    Incredibly interesting. It came to its existence in April 1942 during the racism retaliations of the Jim Crow South. First Lt. Jack Roosevelt was a baseball player. He failed his chance to see combat when he is not able to head back to a military bus that has been segregated during an incident in Fort Hood, TX back in 1944.

  • @debbiecooper1677
    @debbiecooper1677 Рік тому +15

    wow what a shame. thank you Mr. Morgan Freeman

    • @mrwaterschoot5617
      @mrwaterschoot5617 Рік тому

      that is why he is a freeman and died a series about god and the devine.
      and george washington was a freemason with the masonic apron a badge of honor and power to do good things. yes there a 33 rites to become a free mason. you have to be a good fellow or part of a lady auxillary. and the key is to believe in one god or divine being. reguardless of your relious faith as lon as you do good and create goodwill for all humans just like saint Nicolas and santa clause. and in days of cold a mp of coal is a heat source. so not so good folks can warm up too.

  • @jacquelynramsey2021
    @jacquelynramsey2021 Рік тому +1

    😢 Thank you!!!!

  • @skipbragg320
    @skipbragg320 Рік тому +3

    The movie Battle of the Bulge omitted blacks in the Movie with Robert Shaw Charles Bronson and Henry Fonda

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 Рік тому

      Would you really want black troops to be represented in that abysmal movie anyways?

  • @Pearlruby718
    @Pearlruby718 Рік тому +1

    Omg I am so happy I stumbled across this. My father was in General Pattons battalion and helped to free Buchenwald. The second largest prison death camp the Germans had. For his bravery, my dad earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. I can't wait to see the documentary. I hope I see my dad.❤️

  • @EmG848
    @EmG848 Рік тому +7

    Actually I heard of them in mass media in 2004, when they were featured in a level called “Come Out Fighting” in the first Call Of Duty video game called, Finest Hour. Loved that game and that level! Looking forward to the documentary.
    ua-cam.com/video/Jaa0OhfkVsg/v-deo.html

  • @frankpaquet295
    @frankpaquet295 Рік тому +13

    Exactly, why don't we know about ALL AMERICAN HISTORY!? They never teach this in schools and that's not acceptable. I know we never learned this in school. Being white makes it almost impossible for us to know all about what these black men did for this country, because it's been kept from us. I hope that this will help us all learn. Thank you Morgan Freeman and the others that are working to help us all learn. (from Sandi)

    • @nolongerblocked6210
      @nolongerblocked6210 Рік тому +3

      Thank you & I completely agree, this is _American_ history... we're all equals, especially in the case of war. Sidney Poitier said in an interview years ago before he passed that he didn't like being called an African American. He said his great-grandfather helped build this country as well as his grandfather & father. So he didn't consider himself as African bcuz none of his relatives had every lived there... he said he was an American, period. I'm butchering Mr Poitier's eloquent words but you get the gist

    • @nonegone7170
      @nonegone7170 Рік тому

      You don't really expect schools to go that in depth into history that it would go down to the battalion level, now would you?

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому

      @@nolongerblocked6210 I agree on Sidney and he was absolutely right. I call us American Black Descendents as we are American and NOT African. The supremists changed that when my ancestors were brought here as slaves.

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому

      @@nonegone7170 How exactly is this going in depth? History talked about Patton's racist arse, so why not the black tank battalion that succeeded where they failed. I know why and it's because back then the war effort was supposed to be only with white participation and victories and even the video footage was set up for that. They wanted to keep black brave soldiers in the background like they were kitchen help, latrine duty or just manual labor. History has shown the evil and wicked deeds of white men...Why would it change?

    • @kevinaguilar7541
      @kevinaguilar7541 Рік тому

      @@nonegone7170 but it would make a magnificent collection to black history month. However it would be ideal that every year, history teachers teach the subjects with different stories such as this one.

  • @KimCarney
    @KimCarney Рік тому +9

    Maybe another film that should be shown in Florida schools!

  • @your_royal_highness
    @your_royal_highness Рік тому +1

    There was mention of a really good black artillery battalion in one of Don Burgett’s (third of four) books on his experiences in WWII. These guys were sure as hell in the front lines. Not to mention the smaller but nearly unknown massacre of black troops by the Germans near Malmedy in the Battle of the Bulge. 11 black soldiers of the 333rd artillery were murdered in Wereth Belgium.

  • @mililaniman
    @mililaniman Рік тому +1

    I hope to see this illuminating documentary soon.

  • @jamalwilburn228
    @jamalwilburn228 Рік тому +6

    Jackie Robinson was a lieutenant in this unit but got court martialed

    • @jjj1951
      @jjj1951 Рік тому

      Why don’t you tell the whole story

    • @jamalwilburn228
      @jamalwilburn228 Рік тому

      ​@jjj1951 Go read it yourself. You have thousands of years of information across the world, and I think a YT comment needs to share the story for you?

    • @noelphillip5012
      @noelphillip5012 Рік тому +3

      @@jjj1951 Baseball Legend Jackie Robinson Was Court-Martialed for Refusing to Move to the Back of a Bus

  • @ub1953
    @ub1953 Рік тому +5

    Greatest Generation...Japanese American internees; African Americans didn't matter it was all for a common goal ...

  • @JagjitSingh-it5fq
    @JagjitSingh-it5fq Рік тому

    black brothers and sisters salute to your hero’s and all of you. now spread this in the whole world.

  • @deborahcravens2924
    @deborahcravens2924 Рік тому +5

    More History forgotten because of prejudice

  • @oogrooq
    @oogrooq Рік тому +5

    Can we get a reprint of the book?

  • @josephwolosz2522
    @josephwolosz2522 Рік тому

    I read Kareems book.
    I knew about the Black Panthers.
    Patton didn't want blacks in "his Army."
    I would show how well they fought in the Ardennes.They trained for a long time watching others get the call.

  • @elldre3
    @elldre3 Рік тому +1

    The majority of black WWII soldiers worked in the behind-the-lines quartermaster corps, though of course they trained for battle in segregated camps in the states. The Battle of the Bulge meant every able-bodied man, black, white, green, or from Mars, was sent to the front lines in Belgium. That's how my father got to see combat, though he wouldn't talk about that at all. The closest he talked about that period of his life was either training camp routine or how European women would do practically anything for a cigarette or a candy bar from a soldier's unit pack.

  • @3321far
    @3321far Рік тому +1

    I hope Secretary Austin reactivates the 761st as an active brigade, possibly reflagging the 194th at Fort Moore.

  • @golfr-kg9ss
    @golfr-kg9ss Рік тому +1

    Damn, I hope he gets it done. Better get Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg involved.

  • @bhuddy1832
    @bhuddy1832 Рік тому +2

    I think of the 761st every time I pass the Jackie Robinson statue at the City Hall in Pasadena CA... They aren't totally unknown... Read and learn about that part of their history, too.... Hint: Lloyd Austiin's earlier predecessor, a guy named General George Mashall, wanted to know why Sergeants were reportedly "giving orders" to his Officers orders, in his US Army....

  • @garybonham6048
    @garybonham6048 Рік тому +2

    As an American Soldier, a white Soldier, I would be honored and humbled to hear and see this story!!!! Please do this.

  • @romstar
    @romstar Рік тому +10

    "We hate you,but we need you "🥺🥴 The history of America's attitude towards black people since the inception of this country ...😢

    • @markjeffreys438
      @markjeffreys438 Рік тому

      And Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

    • @keithevans7911
      @keithevans7911 Рік тому

      @@markjeffreys438 This IS NOT about Puerto Rico and stop trying to co-opt Black excellence. Y'all never want to give my people their flowers. This is what American Black Descendents and my ancestors go through every freakin day. If and when Puerto Rican people have a piece done about them...We give it to ya with no black interjection. Hell we even clap and give thumbs up. Please do better!

  • @matrox
    @matrox 9 місяців тому +1

    You are supposed to remove your hat in historic Government buildings.

  • @duncanbleak3819
    @duncanbleak3819 Рік тому +5

    Great story.
    Well done!

  • @bhuddy1832
    @bhuddy1832 Рік тому +2

    Republish the book, too... So people can read it....

  • @josereyRecinto
    @josereyRecinto Рік тому

    there was a book "Hit Hard" (published by Bantam Books) which i read before by Capt. David J Williams, a white officer who commanded a platoon of
    the 761st

  • @philipciaffa6643
    @philipciaffa6643 Рік тому +20

    George Orwell wrote "Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past." The struggle against book bans, censorship and misguided MAGA public policies indicates that the upcoming elections and candidates will be more important than ever. A more complete telling of and attention to American History is more crucial than ever.

  • @timothywalker4563
    @timothywalker4563 Рік тому

    I wonder if HBO or PBS is curious, I would like to see this.

  • @keenansmith1021
    @keenansmith1021 Рік тому

    This is exciting. Tyrese just played in a movie about the 761st and he portrayed The Baddest Man in the 761st SSG Crecy who should have received the Medal of Honor with Reuben Rivers. Interesting fact. Jackie Robinson was a commissioned officer in the 761st but refused to move to the back of the bus as a Army Officer and got into trouble and reassigned and missed the war because of it. The Black Panthers had a Supply line called the Red Ball Express that was a all black supply unit. White Soldiers would never supply a black Battalion. Connecticut has a WWII museum that features a lot of the 761st battle stats. They killed a lot of Enemy soldiers. Patton rolled with the 761st because he aint wanna get his tutu blown off

    • @keenansmith1021
      @keenansmith1021 Рік тому

      Come Out Fighting (2022) Tyrese Gibson as Sergeant Warran Crecy of the 761st

    • @kristoffermangila
      @kristoffermangila Рік тому

      Well, Patton did tell them that they shouldn't let him down... and they did not let him down.

  • @matrox
    @matrox 9 місяців тому +1

    Lloyd Austin is all in on the Open Borders, he's got some nerve.

  • @stephaniedavis5535
    @stephaniedavis5535 3 місяці тому

    Stem Instructor/ Chemist- I want this taught in the schools!!! Black history makes black kids feel better!! Raise test scores with this !

  • @jamalwilburn228
    @jamalwilburn228 Рік тому +9

    Black youth need to look up these men and others like the Tuskegee Airmen instead of gangster rappers. They dropped more bodies than any street rapper did; well armed enemies face to face. They were also great citizens who helped fight for Civil Rights.

  • @maryjobrown6697
    @maryjobrown6697 Рік тому

    God bless you all. You are the best of us. ❤

  • @valswhitewolf6611
    @valswhitewolf6611 Рік тому

    I watched this story on PBS they do terrific presentation if American history.

  • @arktos298
    @arktos298 Рік тому +1

    nice! this is way better than black history month.

    • @jjj1951
      @jjj1951 Рік тому

      Because?

    • @arktos298
      @arktos298 Рік тому

      @@jjj1951 Because Morgan Freeman says so, (watch the interview) and one month would not unearth this historical fact; Black history is American History and any policy that is predicated upon ethnicity is a bigoted policy. Lastly, it is culture, not color.

  • @ecamp6360
    @ecamp6360 Рік тому

    I recently rewatched "Patton" and none of this was in there. But anyone who has studied the Black Panther Party has heard of the 761st. Of course, we don't teach much about the BPP either.

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 Рік тому

      Patton doesn't really identify any particular unit at the battalion level, to be fair.

  • @howardrandall5478
    @howardrandall5478 Рік тому +1

    Hurrah Hurrah Hurrah for the men of the 761st! Likewise for Morgan Freeman! Our country needs more men like Morgan & fewer like Jesse Jackson & Al Sharpton

    • @robertwalker8453
      @robertwalker8453 Рік тому

      You still miss the point and are part of the very narrow-minded problem that the 761st faced -those brave men sacrificed so ALL Americans whether you like or don't like them or their politics may have a voice.

    • @howardrandall5478
      @howardrandall5478 Рік тому

      @@robertwalker8453 Please note Morgan Freeman has not told the story of Al or Jesse, & I will bet you a month's wages if he ever does tell their story it will include the fact that they are only in the game for them selves.

    • @robertwalker8453
      @robertwalker8453 Рік тому

      @@howardrandall5478That is not the point. You act like you’re so pro American. Yet my uncles who all fought in the WWII (my father was a baby brother and only 7 when the war broke out out) when they came back their freedom of speech was curtailed. Not liking someone one’s political view is not enough to stifle someone’s freedom of speech. Jackson and Sharon are not my cup of tea either, but they are entitled to their freedom of speech. It is oxymoronic that you laud the 761st as the paragon of American patriotism, yet wish to stifle the speech of other Americans. Not only people that you like are entitled to freedom of speech, but also those who you don’t are deserving of voice. I don’t know anyone who personally served in the 761st, but all my uncles (5) saw combat 4 in Europe and 1 in the Solomons and all were honorably discharged. You know MLK when he was alive was often called by the Southern establishment a “terriorist;” I know all my uncles believed in his massage. So I guess they are “un-American by your standards since they supported someone who was quite unpopular at the time. If you really want to learn more about history read about the “Deacons of Defense;” they were black war veterans from WWII and Korea that armed up and began escorting non-violent civil rights protesters to offer protection against vicious beatings from counter-protesters and rabid LEOs. When they were involved it curtailed the beatings significantly. I guess what they say is true “the 2nd Amendment protects the 1st.”

  • @titustitusnation1999
    @titustitusnation1999 Рік тому

    If you asked Black ww2 Vets, they wouldn't say they are African Americans, they would say they are AMERICANS. Morgan Freeman Echoes that sentiment.

  • @sopwithsnoopy8779
    @sopwithsnoopy8779 Рік тому

    I read a non-fiction paperback on the 761st years ago. 1980s I believe. After googling, I am now unsure just what book I read. Maybe the 'Come Out Fighting' book that came out in 1945? 🤷‍♂️

    • @sopwithsnoopy8779
      @sopwithsnoopy8779 Рік тому

      Never mind...watching the above video, only 2 'Come Out Fighting' books were printed, so it wasnt that. 🤔

  • @richardrose9943
    @richardrose9943 Рік тому

    This needs to be told we are all Americans and all our ancestors paid a price for this country some more than others

  • @maxmulsanne7054
    @maxmulsanne7054 Рік тому

    CBS news national security correspondent david martin.

  • @gaylonlavigne3007
    @gaylonlavigne3007 Рік тому

    It's about time and love the idea of Black Band of Brothers. Loved the movie about the young black pilots (red tails?) that protected the (white) fighter pilots from the germans flyers.

    • @redaug4212
      @redaug4212 Рік тому

      The red tails were fighter pilots. They protected the heavy/medium bomber crews.

  • @edwardprice140
    @edwardprice140 Рік тому +3

    Reprint that book . Duh !

  • @glnnchrstphr9717
    @glnnchrstphr9717 Рік тому +10

    If DeSantis had his way, no one would ever hear about these brave men.

  • @mrquestion8398
    @mrquestion8398 Рік тому +3

    It was not OVERSIGHT IT WAS DELIBERATELY NOT GIVEN BECAUSE THEY WERE BLACK.