the american army produced ,vidence to back up this claim to back up the racist practices at the time. publication, "the inloyment of negro manpower war," which states, in past fair the negro has made a labor, but an inferior technician, as a fighter, he has been inferior to the white man, even when led by white officers. these are the practices and u.s.t of the time when the was thrust into war and december 1941. the national world war ii museum's collection includes nearly 7000 oil history interviews with world war ii veterans. that is a program we continue to this day. it is an urgent program. no one can tell the story like those who lived it. those stories are very important in our collection. we feature several in this exhibit, including a story from harold ford. many of these stories can be seen on our website. and this exhibit, we feature snippets from the stories. is story that we feature harold ward, who served aboard the san francisco. during adly wounded battle. he tells the story of how he wanted to serve his country. he served his country by shining shoes. he said he had