That news would come as a surprise to veterans of the Buffalo Soldiers (the 92nd ID) or the 761st Tank Battalion, units which boasted three CMOH recipients among them. The Army was segregated, true, but a few of those segregated units saw combat.

They were Depression kids. Most of them grew up poor, under tough conditions, and were forced to take on much more reponsibility at a younger age than we would imagine today. Many of them had to quit school in the '30s at a young age to work to help support their families. Their background toughened them.

The one that always surprises me is Mike Ranney. He is such an important figure in the book and such a minor character in the show.
In any case…..if you ever read Don Malarkey's book, he REALLY disliked Webster. He said that his only complaint about the show was how much screen time Webster gets when he was…