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The 758th Tank Battalion World War II: U.S. Army's First All African American Unit

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The 758th Tank Battalion World War II: U.S. Army's First All African American Unit
The 758th Tank Battalion World War II: U.S. Army's First All African American Unit

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The 758th Tank Battalion World War II: U.S. Army's First All African American Unit

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After the war the 758th was deactivated but was reformed as the 64th Tank Battalion, keeping their distinguished insignia, a tusked elephant head over the motto "We Pierce." They entered the Korean War still segregated but returned fully integrated (though discrimination continued internally). Through the years, they fought with almost every American tank—the Stuart, the Sherman, the Pershing, the Patton and today's Abrams. Victorious over two fascist (and racist) regimes, many black servicemen returned home to what they hoped would be a more tolerant nation. Most were bitterly disappointed—segregation was still the law of the land. For many, disappointment became a determination to fight discrimination with the same resolve that had defeated the Axis.

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