Yes- my own father was a WWII vet & said when he came back- he & a buddy landed in SF - went to a bar for their first drink & were told they don’t serve colored. My dad laughed & laughed b/c he was so tan from being in the jungle & had jet black hair they thought he wasn’t white- they went to another bar- but the point was even his own countrymen didn’t recognize who they were when they came back! Pearl Harbor day was his 18th bday & he signed up the next day.
Yes- my own father was a WWII vet & said when he came back- he & a buddy landed in SF - went to a bar for their first drink & were told they don’t serve colored. My dad laughed & laughed b/c he was so tan from being in the jungle & had jet black hair they thought he wasn’t white- they went to another bar- but the point was even his own countrymen didn’t recognize who they were when they came back! Pearl Harbor day was his 18th bday & he signed up the next day.