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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. African “iroko” hardwood posts bear the names and the date of death ...
Long forgotten, Black South African servicemen who died in WWI are finally honored with a memorial
More than 1,700 Black South African servicemen who died in non-combat roles on the Allied side during World War I and have no ...
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Cape Town Memorial Honors 1,772 Black South African Servicemen Who Died in WWI
Cape Town honors 1,772 Black South African servicemen who died in World War I without known graves. A new memorial preserves ...
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Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
The Cape Town memorial only commemorates men who ... But while the sinking of the Mendi is famous in South Africa, the Black support crew who lost their lives in African theatres of war had ...
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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
African "iroko" hardwood posts bear the ... non-combatant roles in World War I and have no known grave, in Cape Town, South Africa, Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht) ...
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1,772 Black servicemen who died in WWI were ignored in South Africa. At last they are being honored
CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent were buried. But their ...
Military Times9d
After 106 years, Black South African WWI troops honored with memorial
(Nardus Engelbrecht/AP) CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The names are carved on poles of African hardwood that are set upright as if reaching for the sun. No one knows where the men they represent ...