The Army’s all-black 761st Tank Battalion fought heroically in World War II but its story was nearly forgotten -- until a 2004 book by basketball superstar, and amateur historian Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
In this 2004 interview Abdul-Jabbar tells how his father’s wartime buddy Leonard “Smitty” Smith helped him tell the story of the 761st.
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