We know about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Port Chicago Incident. But we are not as familiar with the Ledo/Stilwell Road, and the contribution we made in the China-Burma-India Theatre of operation.
African Americans represented over 60% of the 15,000 Americans sent to the China-Burma-India Theatre of Operation. They helped to build 1079+ miles of road through Burma. The road started in India and met the Old Burma Road at the Chinese border. There were over 500 miles of new road and 500 miles of road improvement.. To see and read more detail, click here
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Our agenda is simple. The contributors and I offer you the history, culture, preservation efforts, and current events of African-Americans, other ethnic, non-ethnic groups and individuals. We focus on and emphasize their sacrifices, relationships, interactions, patriotism as well as their contributions to the growth and development of this great nation. Let us never forget them.
Bennie J. McRae, Jr. - Researcher and Site Manager
