BONUS: The 761st Black Panthers

It's CRIMINAL that with all the WWII movies there isn't one about the Black Panthers. (At least, as far as I've ever heard. I'm not up on movies. At most I just saw an IMDB listing for a 2021 British movie that has barely any info).

The 761st Black Panthers were mentioned in an episode of "Archer," during one of the "coma seasons" that took place in the late 40s.

Still upset that the crowning achievement isn’t the formation of the JDSU.

Took me a bit to catch up on this episode, but it got me thinking if doing a future episode on the desegregation of the US military might be a good idea. There's some pretty interesting early champions of desegregation (though mostly just guys who wanted America's imperialism in the early 20th century to work a lot smoother), such as James Kelly Parsons who went from the grand kid of a Confederate States governor to drafting some of the first proposals for a desegregated army. He was motivated by the fact he had served alongside black soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and later Filipinos and native Hawaiians in the counterinsurgency in the philippines, which convinced him that non-white soldiers could serve as combatants alongside whites. As I said, driven pretty much by wanting the US army to do US army stuff better, not by genuine anti-racism, similar to Leslie McNair mentioned in this episode. As a bonus, Parsons was also a very early, very weird theoretician of tank warfare, which might intrigue Joe. Either way, great episode, have a merry christmas and keep up the good work lads!

I'm glad that Patton died by having his spine bent into the shape of the cool S

I remember playing as the Black Panthers capturing Tillet in Call of Duty: Finest Hour on the Gamecube

The pralines and dick reference you're thinking of comes from Wayne's World

Radar love is a great song either way but I prefer the white lion cover. That guitar solo is perfect.

If Patton was less racist, he may have had a better driver, or at least a driver who would notice that truck. In 1945, the best limo driver in the US army may have been a person of color. Intolerance closes doors not just to individuals but to entire societies.

Golden Earring are not only Dutch but are also from The Hague.

I for one welcome the impending 10 part Battle of the Bulge series

So, Joe Louis wasn't just a champion boxer. He was THE Heavyweight Champion. His 1938 first round KO of Hitler's favorite boxer, Max Schmeling is what made him an international star. I would encourage everyone to read more about Louis, cause like most boxers, his life was wild.

I'd honestly love to hear you nerd out about tanks -Kyle

Two of the tanks of the 761st were named "Counter attack/ All for you" and "Big Studs, Inc."

Just a random gun nerd (never served) but lol trying to picture all the range shenanigans

I remember playing these guys back in 2004 call of duty the finest hour. If I remember correctly it was a escort mission in the battle of the bulge.

I know it's not directly related to the podcast but my favorite Joe moment was explaining to Adam Baldwin that playing Animal Mother in FMJ isn't the same thing as being a soilder in real life on Twitter.

Fuck red tails, this would be a way better movie

Pralines and dick from what I remember was from Wayne's World: "Benjamin is nobody's friend. If he was an ice cream flavor, he'd be pralines and dick."

Jackie Robinson fuckin ruled

"Pralines and Dick" comes from the Wayne's World movie that came out in the early'90s but you might've picked it up elsewhere.

I'm still gonna bring up the salve-turned-general Abram Gannibal. Another fun fact about him what that he a had pivotal role in Alexander Suvorov's career in the Russian Military, who was small and sickly so his father did not want him to join. However, when Alex was 12, Gannibal visited him and convinced him to make the military his career path. If anyone didn't know, Alex would go on to fight 70 battles and win all of them, the later ones were fought against the French Army just before Napoleon's reign. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abram_Petrovich_Gannibal

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton have a book on the 761st Tank Battalion called Brothers in Arms. Haven’t started it yet but will after this podcast