FACT CHECK · US POLITICS
Claim: Black Americans fought and died in every US war
TRUETHE ANSWER
More than 5,000 Black soldiers fought in the Revolution; 186,097 served in the Union Army (163 units) in the Civil War; over 200,000 served with the American Expeditionary Force in France by Nov 1918.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Military history of African Americans
PEOPLE ALSO SAY
- “Fought bled and died”
- “Every single war”
- “Fought and died in every”
- “Died in every us war”
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