jedifreac:

liquornspice:

Now that “Red Tails” is coming out, a part of my family history

eshusplayground:

Only a couple of years ago, my mom told me that my grandfather was one of the Black GIs who liberated a concentration camp. I don’t recall when he shared this information with her, whether…

Japanese American troops also helped liberate camps.  They were erased from the history books until enough witnesses from the Jewish survivors acknowledged and some old pictures were found.

Feel free to start another thread about that. It’s not really appropriate to use this story from my family history to make a point about something else.