http://www.thedailymail.net/articles/2005/04/10/news/news3.txt Minorities historian seeks African Americans who served in WWII By Deborah Travers GREENE COUNTY - It took 50 years after World War II for the United States to recognize an African American who served with valor during the war. President Bill Clinton presented a Medal of Honor to seven American soldiers who were previously denied the medal because of their race. According to the United States Department of Defense, more than one million African Americans served in the military during WW II. Greene County Minorities Historian Charles B. Swain has begun the task of collecting the names of all Greene County African Americans, men and women, living or deceased, who served in the United States military during World War II. Swain says he plans to document and write about the soldiers, hopefully for publication, as his way of honoring their bravery and service to the country. "I think they're entitled to be honored," Swain said. He added that he believes black veterans beyond the World War II era who fought overseas were treated fairly in the armed service and that segregation had by then ended. During World War II, however, African American soldiers were segregated into separate units, mostly noncombat units. Through its official Web site at www.pentagon.mil/news, the Department of Defense states that two black divisions were formed in 1943, the 92nd Division which went to Italy, and the 93rd which was sent to the Pacific. The men of the 93rd were used as a sort of maintenance patrol that moved onto islands after other units captured them.