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In 1965, mid-way through the conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, Black Americans filled 31% of the ground combat battalions in Vietnam, nearly triple the percentage of Black Americans as a minority in the general U.S. population at the time (12%).
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Blinken determined last April that the battalion had committed gross human rights violations, but found that the IDF had taken action to address the U.S. concerns.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Back at the table, Fiend started explaining the setup: The battalion’s headquarters were across the street.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
On August 6, a powerful Ukrainian force—a dozen or so 400-person battalions from as many as eight different brigades—invaded Russia’s Kursk Oblast, quickly capturing 400 square miles of the oblast from its unprepared Russian defenders.
—David Axe, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2024
Blinken determined last April that the battalion had committed gross human rights violations, but found that the IDF had taken action to address the U.S. concerns.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 21 Oct. 2024
Back at the table, Fiend started explaining the setup: The battalion’s headquarters were across the street.
—Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024
On August 6, a powerful Ukrainian force—a dozen or so 400-person battalions from as many as eight different brigades—invaded Russia’s Kursk Oblast, quickly capturing 400 square miles of the oblast from its unprepared Russian defenders.
—David Axe, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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“Battalion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/battalion. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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