Lionel
October 11th 04, 10:34 AM
How many black people are offending with your hypocrit short memory ?
Who can explain me why we always find lazy, wealthy, fatty hatemongers
like you ?
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/stevens/africanamer.htm
"Project 100,000," a Great Society program launched in 1966, attempted
to enhance the opportunities of underprivileged youths from
poverty-stricken urban areas by offering more lenient military entrance
requirements. It largely failed. Although more than 350,000 men enlisted
under Project 100,000 during the remainder of the war, 41 percent were
African American and 40 percent drew combat assignments. Casualty rates
among these soldiers were twice those of other entry categories. Few
Project 100,000 inductees received training that would aid their
military advancement or create better opportunities for civilian life.
African Americans often did supply a disproportionate number of combat
troops, a high percentage of whom had voluntarily enlisted. Although
they made up less than 10 percent of American men in arms and about 13
percent of the U.S. population between 1961 and 1966, they accounted for
almost 20 percent of all combat-related deaths in Vietnam during that
period. In 1965 alone African Americans represented almost one-fourth of
the Army's killed in action. In 1968 African Americans, who made up
roughly 12 percent of Army and Marine total strengths, frequently
contributed half the men in front-line combat units, especially in rifle
squads and fire teams. Under heavy criticism, Army and Marine commanders
worked to lessen black casualties after 1966, and by the end of the
conflict, African American combat deaths amounted to approximately 12
percent—more in line with national population figures. Final casualty
estimates do not support the assertion that African Americans suffered
disproportionate losses in Vietnam, but this in no way diminishes the
fact that they bore a heavy share of the fighting burden, especially
early in the conflict.
Who can explain me why we always find lazy, wealthy, fatty hatemongers
like you ?
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/stevens/africanamer.htm
"Project 100,000," a Great Society program launched in 1966, attempted
to enhance the opportunities of underprivileged youths from
poverty-stricken urban areas by offering more lenient military entrance
requirements. It largely failed. Although more than 350,000 men enlisted
under Project 100,000 during the remainder of the war, 41 percent were
African American and 40 percent drew combat assignments. Casualty rates
among these soldiers were twice those of other entry categories. Few
Project 100,000 inductees received training that would aid their
military advancement or create better opportunities for civilian life.
African Americans often did supply a disproportionate number of combat
troops, a high percentage of whom had voluntarily enlisted. Although
they made up less than 10 percent of American men in arms and about 13
percent of the U.S. population between 1961 and 1966, they accounted for
almost 20 percent of all combat-related deaths in Vietnam during that
period. In 1965 alone African Americans represented almost one-fourth of
the Army's killed in action. In 1968 African Americans, who made up
roughly 12 percent of Army and Marine total strengths, frequently
contributed half the men in front-line combat units, especially in rifle
squads and fire teams. Under heavy criticism, Army and Marine commanders
worked to lessen black casualties after 1966, and by the end of the
conflict, African American combat deaths amounted to approximately 12
percent—more in line with national population figures. Final casualty
estimates do not support the assertion that African Americans suffered
disproportionate losses in Vietnam, but this in no way diminishes the
fact that they bore a heavy share of the fighting burden, especially
early in the conflict.