People – Special Mention
Last updated on
Dec 1, 2020
I recognize these people because they have made a major impact in another(s) life. These people were not lead by any mandate other than the wish to help a fellow human being.
13 May 1937, Major General John Clem died in San Antonio. Clem was known as the "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga" and was promoted to Sergeant at the age of 12 in 1863, making him the youngest Sergeant in US Army history (pictured as a Lance Sergeant).
He served from 1863-64 with 22nd Michigan, rejoined the Army in 1871 and retired as a Colonel in 1915 (was promoted twice after he retired).
Nancy Green was the first official spokesperson for the Aunt Jemima brand. There were several other women who performed the role after Nancy. I am unsure of which actress is in this photo, but I wanted to give a salute to Nancy and all the other Aunt Jemima.
The guy in the apron was just somebody who owned a grocery store in Vevay, Indiana. The gorgeous lady on the right? Aunt Jemima herself!
All the other people around? They were there to meet Aunt Jemima and eat her delicious pancakes! So, tell me again why we are erasing her from her brand? Like she never existed! Like, she didn't get crowds like this at ever grocery store she visited!? I hate this for her legacy. Its obvious from this picture that lots of people loved her, wanted to meet her, and wanted to eat and enjoy her cooking
So so sad.
Jackie Robinson became the first African-American in Major League Baseball when he played his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers April 15, 1947.
But before he was a Dodger, he was drafted in 1942 and assigned to a segregated Army Cavalry unit the 9th Cavalry Regiment, making him a part of the historic "Buffalo Soldiers". Robinson attended Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in January of 1943.
He was honorably discharged from the Army in 1944.
Madge Rutherford Minton, 43-W-4, was one of the first four women in the United States to graduate from the Advanced Civilian Pilot Training Program. In 1943, she joined the newly organized Women Airforce Service Pilots and trained to ferry Army aircraft.
Madge got her instrument rating on a C-46 at St. Joe, Missouri. She flew the right seat for SNAFU in C-54's and B-17's. Later that spring, she went to Brownsville, Texas, where she checked out in the P-39, P-40, P-51, and the Thunderbolt, P-47.
Madge was also a member of the Ninety-Nines, International Organization of Women Pilots. After the war, Madge, a biologist, co-authored several books on herpetology with her husband, Sherman Minton.
Mary Fields or "Stagecoach Mary" photographed in 1895. Mary was the first woman & also the first African-American to work for United States Postal Service. She could hitch six horses in under 5 minutes.
Actually, I've read about Mary before and there is much more to her than this, which is why I have added her into my People Solutes. I'll look up and add the additional information later.
Rare picture of a black female Union soldier in 1862.
Her name was Cathy Williams and she had to pose as a MALE to be enlisted at the Time..She was part of the 38 Regiment,Infantry Division and was called a Buffalo Soldier!
While I don't advocate lying about your gender to the federal government (or anyone else) to enter service (or for any other reason), I give a special salute to Cathy for her bravery and willingness to serve.