Righting the wrong of U.S. Army racial abuse faced by African American soldiers on the Gothic LineI

WW II Gothic Line ghosts haunt modern day Italy, Europe · Jan 22, 2026 · 26m

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Welcome again to the podcast and this second of a three-part series where we will look back at the story of African American soldiers who braved Nazi and Italian Fascist attacks but also white U.S. Army officer racist abuse while fighting on the Gothic Line. The first episode of the series included an interview with Solace Wales who published a book in 2020 titled Braided in Fire – Black GIs and Tuscan Villagers on the Gothic Line 1944. That episode was published earlier in…