ithout any anesthetic, and the next day, the wonderful americans invaded dachau. the americans' attention were called to the mortally wounded. this is how someone called the attention to the americans. they took me immediately to a hospital right away, and they attended to me so i was told later that the doctors found very definitely that i would not survive because i had tuberculosis. i had blood poisoning. i had typhoid fever, among other things. and frozen feet.

announcer: this has been an excerpt with an oral history interview with sandor "shony" braun. to learn more, visit the united states holocaust memorial museum at ushmm.org. this has been american history to be on c-span3. dr. beahch: my name is dr. malcolm beach. i'm from north carolina. today, we are having the grand review parade. this is a reenactment of the victory parade that was held at the end of the civil war down pennsylvania avenue. however, at that particular parade, united states colored troops were not allowed to march in the victory parade. what we are doing today is we are correcting that oversight.

the usct's will march. lisa: i am from a small town about 20 or 25 miles is of memphis -- east of memphis. once a day, i am here honoring my great great grandfather. here listed in the u.s. colored troops regiment in 1863. i will be walking down pennsylvania and celebrating my great great grandfather, so it will be a great adventure. >> freedom! >> reality last -- free at last! dr. beach: president lincoln

issued the emancipation proclamation as a matter of military necessity. prior to it, the south was winning most of the battle. the emancipation proclamation of allowed african-americans to fight with the armed forces of the union. 200,000 joined the navy, the infantry artillery and cavalry , and they fought. we had fresh recruits coming in in 1863. after 1863, clearly, the union began to win more battles, and we think that the united states culture had a major -- colored troops had a major role in the union victory.

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