The Associated Press on MSN9d
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
While South Africa has several memorials dedicated to white soldiers who died in the world wars, Black servicemen’s ...
Army Times9d
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
In a Cape Town memorial opened Wednesday, African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death of 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combatant roles in WWI.
The Advocate (Newark) on MSN12dOpinion
Former Newark boy uses fake name to enlist in US Army at 15; among youngest killed in WWI
Charles Harold Soder, of Zanesville, formerly of Newark, enlisted at age 15 in the U.S. Army as 18-year-old Frank Charles ...
Stars and Stripes10d
1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
They didn’t serve in Europe but in the fringe battles in Africa, where Allied forces fought in the then-German colonies of ... When her speech ended, a lone soldier played “The Last Post ...
BBC10d
WW1: Why was the first German defeat in Africa?
They began to advance towards Kamina and on 12 August Alhaji Grunshi became the first soldier ... the German surrender and Togoland was carved up between Britain and France. WW1: How did an ...