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To: PhatHead
As far as the no-Blacks criticism, the armed forces were still segregated then. If the movie follows a particular unit (which I think it does) you would expect to see only one race, no?

Yes. Precisely.

A segregated Marine unit storming Iwo Jima would be a ludicrous rewriting of history.

56 posted on 10/20/2006 10:49:14 PM PDT by Petronski (CNN is an insidiously treasonous, enemy propaganda organ.)
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To: Petronski
A segregated Marine unit storming Iwo Jima would be a ludicrous rewriting of history.

Am I missing something, or is that a typo? The Marines were segregated in WWII.

58 posted on 10/20/2006 11:06:40 PM PDT by PhatHead (Yes, I am a veteran, too)
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"A segregated Marine unit storming Iwo Jima ..."

Surely you mean "desegregated" or "integrated"??

122 posted on 10/21/2006 10:01:49 AM PDT by Tenniel (Never explain. Your friends don’t need it, and your enemies won’t believe it anyway. – E. Hubbard)
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