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Jim Webb: The statistics that we had at that time were that African Americans were about 13 percent of the age group, about 12…

On the recordMarch 17, 2010
The statistics that we had at that time were that African Americans were about 13 percent of the age group, about 12 percent of the people in the military, and about 12 percent of the casualties.
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Jim Webb
Democratic · Virginia

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Webb discusses African American military service and casualty statistics during Vietnam.

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