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October 7, 1944
The Fort Snelling Bulletin
Fort Snelling, Hennepin County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
U.S. Army Chaplain Russell C. Stroup reports no 'color line' at the New Guinea front, where White and Negro troops share dangers and hardships, deserving common glory. He hopes this inspires solving the South's race problem. Stroup is from a Lynchburg, Va., church.
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No Color Line On War Fronts
By Camp Newspaper Service
There is no "color line" at the front, where White and Negro troops share the "democracy of danger," Russell C. Stroup, a U.S. Army chaplain serving in the New Guinea sector reports in the August 16 issue of "The Presbyterian Outlook."
"All share a common peril, common hardships and, I hope, a common glory," Chaplain Stroup declared, adding, "no group of men ever more richly deserved it than the Negro troops with our command."
He expressed the hope that in the solution of the difficult "race problem" of the South we may gain "inspiration . . . from the record of the Negro in this war."
Chaplain Stroup is pastor-on-leave from a Lynchburg, Va., church.
By Camp Newspaper Service
There is no "color line" at the front, where White and Negro troops share the "democracy of danger," Russell C. Stroup, a U.S. Army chaplain serving in the New Guinea sector reports in the August 16 issue of "The Presbyterian Outlook."
"All share a common peril, common hardships and, I hope, a common glory," Chaplain Stroup declared, adding, "no group of men ever more richly deserved it than the Negro troops with our command."
He expressed the hope that in the solution of the difficult "race problem" of the South we may gain "inspiration . . . from the record of the Negro in this war."
Chaplain Stroup is pastor-on-leave from a Lynchburg, Va., church.
What sub-type of article is it?
Military
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Color Line
Negro Troops
New Guinea
Race Problem
Us Army Chaplain
What entities or persons were involved?
Russell C. Stroup
Where did it happen?
New Guinea Sector
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New Guinea Sector
Event Date
August 16
Key Persons
Russell C. Stroup
Event Details
Chaplain Russell C. Stroup reports no color line at the front where White and Negro troops share common peril, hardships, and glory. Negro troops richly deserve it. Hopes for inspiration in solving South's race problem from Negro record in war.