BLACK DOUGH BOYS AND GI'S RETICENCE

It is a sad, notable, notorious African American fact that very, very few of our forefathers who fought in World Wars I or II were ever sanguine enough to discuss their experiences. Whether this was due to shame, pain, enduring traumatic rage fueled by futility; or whether it was a higher form of deferred bravery bequeathed to us, I do not know and can never know.