The Rockbridge Historical Society’s annual Black History Month series turns to World War II this year: honoring a range of local African American servicemen and women; broader national and global war efforts to win the Double V campaign against fascism abroad, and Jim Crow at home; and the continued push to integrate American women into wider military roles.
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Sgt. LeRoy Miller, his Purple Heart, USA Wings, and Service Prayer Book.
This summer witnesses 75th anniversary commemorations of the end of World War II, stretching from Victory-in-Europe Day (May 8, 1945), to the final surrender of Japan (August 15, 1945). These digital profiles provide local histories and images illustrating the contributions of Rockbridge men and women who served in the Armed Forces, were wounded or killed in duty, and those who returned to Rockbridge to shape their lives, families, and communities, here and beyond. Please contact RHS to help us share stories of the people in your own lives whose efforts in World War II can be sustained in our stewardship of in Rockbridge histories.
