Another unidentified all-black W.W. II basketball team whose players are as-yet unknown.
The sixth in a series of posts honoring vintage all-black U.S. military basketball teams.
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As mentioned here before, there were many organized sports team in all branches of the U.S. military during World War II.
Many of these teams were all-black, due to racial segregation guidelines that existed at the time.
And unfortunately, we know very little about some of these teams and players. Here is another example below — an unidentified all-black W.W. II basketball team whose players are unknown to date.
Another unknown all-black U.S. military basketball team.
There are even fewer visual clues to go on in this vintage photograph than in our previous unknown soldiers post.
If you believe you recognize any of the men or know anything about this team, please let us know. Thank you.
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Claude, these WWII-related articles fit well with the George Crowe series. For some time I’ve harbored a half-baked suspicion that WWII-era integration was taking place in North Africa, unreported by history. My basis is the comments of white soldiers who say they socialized with Rens star David DeJernett in Tunisia. Perhaps they could socialize everywhere but the barracks. In which case we may have some little-known integrated Army bkb teams in Africa to research!
Is the Army itself the best authority to learn identities of specific wartime regiments? Thanks for the work you do.
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Keith, I imagine that you’re right. Great insight about DeJernett in Tunisia. I’m sure there was an official version and an unofficial reality. And vice versa. And yes, the Army is one place to look, but not for visual identification of soldiers’ photos by anyone there.
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