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Memorial Day Rewind: The Forgotten Hero of WWII<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Bruce Wigo.<\/em><\/p>\n

The participation of Americans of African descent in the U.S. military has a long and distinguished history, dating to the Revolutionary War.\u00a0\u00a0During World War II, more than one million African Americans served in the armed forces of the United States, but there was only one to appear on the hundreds of trading cards that depicted various war events, generals, and heroes, between 1941 and 1945. \u00a0That person was a swimmer by the name of Charles Jackson French<\/strong>. What’s most surprising about this card is that this was an era in American history when nearly every swimming pool and public beach denied African Americans their right to swim.<\/p>\n

When national\u00a0headlines first appeared proclaiming,\u00a0“Negro swimmer Saves Raft Load of Wounded: Tows Craft Six Hours in Shark-Infested Waters,”\u00a0the full name of this African American hero was unknown. \u00a0He was known to those he rescued only as a “Messmate named French.”<\/p>\n

\"Charles

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archive<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Charles

Photo Courtesy:\u00a0Austin Public Library, George Washington Carver Branch.<\/p><\/div>\n

Upon reading the headline and the story of the rescue when it broke, Dorothy Peterson, one of the leaders of the Harlem Renaissance of the 1930s & ’40s, urged that once known, the name of this “powerful negro swimmer” should be preserved “for posterity!” When Charles Jackson French was later identified,\u00a0he became a national hero. In addition to the War Gum trading card, his story was told in syndicated comic strips, on\u00a0calendars and he made public appearances across the country to promoting\u00a0the sale of War Bonds.<\/p>\n

\"Charles

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF archive. French with his sister Viola during a public appearance at a football game in Omaha, Nebraska, circa 1943.<\/p><\/div>\n

While Dorrie Miller, a hero of Pearl Harbor, the Tuskegee Airmen and other African-American war heroes have been memorialized with stamps, in books and films, the memory of Charles Jackson French has been lost to history almost everywhere, except within the International Swimming Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

As we celebrate Black History Month, to Learn more about this great American war hero of swimming, click here.<\/a><\/p>\n

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