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History Detectives: Flag's authenticity and South Carolina black regiment
As the Great War raged in 1917, a group of African-American draftees and their white officers (all from South Carolina) gathered into the newly built Camp Jackson to train for the trenches. But before they could be sent to fight in the First World War, racism kicked in. They would not be allowed to serve alongside all-white American units. The solution? They would fight for France. Anne Clarkson has studied the regiment and its most famous member, Medal of Honor winner Freddie Stowers. The entire regiment was awarded the Croix de Guerre - the French medal for heroism. History Detectives will ponder whether a flag discovered by Clarkson was carried by the regiment in battle. [ thestate :: 2008-02-19 :: Flags & Uniforms ]
Massive flag to commemorate Turkish fallen of the Gallipoli Campaign
As of March 18, a huge 330-square metre Turkish flag will fly beside the monument to commemorate the Turkish soldiers who fell during the 1915 Gallipoli Campaign, authorities declared. At 71 metres, the flag's pole will be almost twice as high as the main Turkish memorial on the peninsula: the 41 metre high Canakkale Martyrs' Monument located above Morto Bay on the tip of the Gallipoli Peninsula. The flag will be unrolled on March 18, the 93rd anniversary of the defeat of the combined French and British fleets in their undertake to fight their way through the Dardanelles Strait to Istanbul. [ ntvmsnbc :: 2008-02-08 :: Flags & Uniforms ]
Mystery of the service flag
As a National Park Service intern Kati Singel uncovered a mystery when she was working on one of those glamorous projects interns tend to get. She came across a service flag: a 7-foot long banner decorated with 49 blue stars and one gold one. She knew service flags were hung during World War I and II to honor members of the military. But she never heard of them in use during the Civil War and everything at the Chancellorsville center should be from that era. [ fredericksburg :: 2006-11-14 :: Flags & Uniforms ]
Battle of the Somme Re-enactment - Uniforms and Trenches
For some, the Battle of the Somme has never ended. Gwyn Topham spends a night in the trenches at English Heritage's latest attraction. Jordan, the corporal, has a face that looks so first world war it is barely imaginable in a modern context. His immaculate uniform is a reproduction: genuine outfits are "too expensive and don't fit"; soldiers were smaller then. Living the history brings closer to understanding what the Tommies went through. He recalls talking to one of the very last living veterans. "He said: "You can always tell somebody who's been in the Great War. That look is in your eyes now." [ guardian :: 2006-08-23 :: Flags & Uniforms ]