re: the Spike Lee vs. Clint Eastwood feud

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I don't know where he got his info from, but mine comes straight from the mouth of a veteran that was in Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and Saipan.

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I'm not defending Spike Lee because I def don't like him, but you should have asked that veteran the reason why blacks didn't fight, they weren't allowed in most cases because of racism, that is why they were assigned those other duties you listed, but they were small groups in some cases that were pressed or forced white leaders in those cases to make the decision to use them to fight because their white counterparts had suffered heavy casualties, the group called the Tuskgee Airmen being one of them.

oh and I might add they fought with passion and distinction, I guess to prove to their whitecounterparts that they were up to the task, me being a former military man appreciates that.