• The Unseen Ledo Warriors of World War II

  • Aug 29 2024
  • Durée : 1 h et 3 min
  • Podcast

The Unseen Ledo Warriors of World War II

  • Résumé

  • This is the first episode of VOC Veterans of Color Podcast sponsored by Coming Home Well, that explores the cultural and historical legacies of Veterans of Color in the US military.


    On this first episode, the host of VOC, Mike Kim, a veteran and military history/culture analyst, will be interviewing Dr. Geraldine Seay, about the African American troop presence in the intrepid World War II combat mission of constructing the Ledo Road from India to China.


    Dr. Geraldine Seay has spent ten years researching the grand feat of military engineering "The Ledo Road". The Ledo Road, mostly involved World War II African Americans troops. The Ledo Road prevented Japanese forces from expanding their Empire.


    Some background highlights of Dr. Seay: she is an interdisciplinary humanities and social sciences researcher, and a retired Florida A & M University tenured faculty member. She is a mother of two adult children and wife to esteemed jazz musician Clarence Seay. Dr. Seay has a Master's in English from Georgetown University. Furthering her education and passion for research, she obtained the McKnight Fellowship and attended the University of Florida, from which she completed a PH.D. in American Literature.


    Dr. Seay's research on the Ledo Road can be found in her book "African Americans, World War II and the Ledo Stilwell Road" published in 2019. ·

    https://www.amazon.com/African-Americans-Ledo-Road-Mile-ebook/dp/B07RBMX9FC

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