June 10, 2019 - Issue: Vol. 165, No. 96 — Daily Edition116th Congress (2019 - 2020) - 1st Session

[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E736]
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              NORMANDY AND AFRICAN AMERICAN PARTICIPATION

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                            HON. BARBARA LEE

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 10, 2019

  Ms. LEE of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 75th 
anniversary of D-Day and to lift up the 92nd Infantry, as well as the 
Tuskegee Airmen, for their service on that fateful day that was 
instrumental in the success at Normandy for the Allied advance.
  Known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the 92nd Infantry was a segregated, 
all-black military unit; among them was my father, Lt. Col. Garvin A. 
Tutt.
  Madam Speaker, we must never forget that African Americans have 
fought in every major military conflict of the United States, from the 
Revolutionary War to our current military conflicts.
  I rise to thank the men and women who fought in World War II, 
including 900,000 African Americans, 800 of whom were African-American 
women from the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion.
  America owes a debt of gratitude for the service and sacrifice of 
these African Americans who, even while fighting the oppression of 
segregation, defended our nation and contributed to victory for the 
U.S. and the Allied forces.

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