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COL Shaw was the commander in the true story movie, "Glory"
https://parade.com/54012/brianpalmer/the-true-story-behind-the-movie-glory/
https://parade.com/54012/brianpalmer/the-true-story-behind-the-movie-glory/
The True Story Behind the Movie Glory
In Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, an African American corporal, played by David Oyelowo, recites a chunk of the Gettysburg Address to its author, President Abraham Lincoln. Never happened. But the scene highlights an oft-forgotten fact about the Civil War: More than 180,000 African American soldiers (and roughly 19,000 sailors) fought for the Union in a segregated [...]
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MAJ Ken Landgren
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If COL Shaw was anything like the character in the movie, he loved his soldiers regardless of color.
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