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Fighting Germans and Jim Crow: Role of black troops on D-Day
Roughly 2,000 African American troops are believed to have hit the shores of Normandy in various capacities on June 6, 1944.
British soldier in Normandy for D-Day commemoration drowns near WWII battle site
His body was pulled from the canal by divers and fire rescue personnel four hours after Jones’ fellow soldiers lost sight of him.
By Jon Simkins