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After news broke of two plaques honoring African American soldiers efforts in Netherlands during WW2 were removed, lawmakers want them…
Neil Frye joined the US Navy in 1940 at age 20 before he was killed during the attacks on Pearl…
Peter Brown was one of about 5,500 men from the former British West Indies who volunteered to fight for Britain…
Perry will write and produce "Six Triple Eight," a movie about the only all Black, all-woman battalion in WWII.
The oldest living member of the largest all-Black, all-female group to serve in World War II was honored for her…
Retired Sgt. Victor W. Butler, who was a mechanic for the famed flying all-Black squadron, becomes a centenarian in two…
For Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the families of Black service members…
Fannie Griffin McClendon and her Army colleagues never dwelled on being the only Black battalion of women to serve in…
Army veteran Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher, now 99, and an even older Black vet were honored with long-overdue medals of honor.
Having served in an all-black combat unit during World War II, he was honored multiple times for his service inside…
theGRIO REPORT - Richard Overton, take a bow. Overton, the oldest living World War II vet, celebrated his 109th birthday…
theGRIO REPORT - When Allies hit the beaches of Normandy 70 years ago this week, there were black soldiers, but…
OPINION - My job is about passion. It’s a passion to lead. It’s a passion to succeed. And it’s a…
theGRIO REPORT - Photos have surfaced from a deeply offensive display at a Minneapolis restaurant from this past January...
VIDEO - It's not unusual when two war veterans get together to chat about old times. But it is a…
theGRIO REPORT - Richard Overton was honored with a standing ovation and a box of cigars Thursday for being America’s…
(AP) - A second 16-year-old arrested in the beating death of an 88-year-old World War II veteran is scheduled to…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — John Edward Allen, a New Mexico veteran who served as a Tuskegee Airman during World War…
OPINION - Memorial Day is just as important to African-Americans as it is to any other group. Perhaps it is…