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Directions: Use the the article and video to complete the following the tasks below.

Article: [|black troops in WWII]

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1. Describe the treatment of African American soldiers during World War II?

2. What role in did African Americans play in the army during World War II?

3. Why do you think white officers always commanded black regiments?

4. Was it hypocritical for the United States to say it was fighting to spread freedom to the world even though segregation exsisted in the United States?

5. If you were an African American drafted into the army during World War II would you have joined or would you have refused to fight? You must explain your answer in detail.