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2019-05-02 Britain

The Forgotten Heroes of Empire - People & Power investigates the UK's scandalous neglect of its colonial-era African soldiers.

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-02 03:45|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 See - Gurkhas

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-05-02 05:29|| 2019-05-02 05:29|| Front Page Top

#2 I think R. Kipling had something to say about this type of behavior: "It's Tommy this...." and "you're a better man than I am Gunga Din".

I've always felt that many of the trappings of the British Empire were good but the underlying core had serious rot issues.

Posted by AlanC 2019-05-02 07:49|| 2019-05-02 07:49|| Front Page Top

#3 Great, reparations.
Now what about the current neglected soldiers?

Posted by Skidmark 2019-05-02 10:27|| 2019-05-02 10:27|| Front Page Top

#4 BTW - our own Philippine Scouts

After Japan surrendered in August 1945, the United States granted the Republic of the Philippines full independence on July 4, 1946. At that point the ethnically Filipino Philippine Scouts held a unique status in U.S. military history: they were soldiers in the regular U.S. Army, but now they were citizens of a foreign country. To solve this dilemma, the United States offered the Filipinos in the Philippine Scouts full U.S. citizenship. Many of the surviving Scouts, perhaps around 1,000, accepted, and the Army transferred them to other units to finish their military careers.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-05-02 13:02|| 2019-05-02 13:02|| Front Page Top

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