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Buffalo Soldiers | The Last to Leave | 3
2025/2/19
American History Tellers
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知名游戏《文明VII》的开场动画预告片旁白。
旁白：本集讲述了布法罗士兵在西进运动中所面临的种族主义、不公正待遇以及他们为国家做出的巨大牺牲，重点关注了惠特克和弗利珀两位杰出人物的遭遇，以及他们在西点军校和军队中所经历的歧视和不公。他们的故事揭示了即使是最有决心的人也难以摆脱制度性种族主义的束缚。
惠特克：我遭到袭击，身心俱疲，却遭到西点军校当局的怀疑和不信任，他们认为我自导自演了这场袭击，以博取同情。这让我感到无比的孤独和绝望，但即使如此，我仍然坚持我的清白。
弗利珀：我因为粗心的记账而面临军事法庭的审判，尽管我试图弥补我的错误，但我的上司却指控我贪污，这让我感到深深的不公。我相信，这不仅仅是关于丢失的资金，更是关于一个有色人种能否在军队中获得和保持军官职位的问题。
威廉姆斯：作为一名布法罗士兵，我在与阿帕奇人的战斗中展现了我的勇气和忠诚，我带领我的士兵们英勇作战，并成功地将敌人击退。尽管我们面临着极端艰苦的环境和危险，我们仍然坚持我们的职责，保护我们的国家。
其他士兵：我们布法罗士兵在与印第安人的战争中，经历了无数的战斗和牺牲，我们为国家的西进扩张做出了巨大的贡献，然而，我们却因为肤色而遭受不公正的待遇，在退役后，我们得不到应有的医疗保障和经济支持，甚至连最基本的尊重都得不到。
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旁白: 'In the spring of 1880, West Point authorities accused a Black cadet of staging a brutal attack on himself to win sympathy.'
旁白: 'This is Episode 3, The Last to Leave. On the morning of April 6, 1880, a black West Point cadet named Johnson Chestnut Whitaker failed to appear at morning roll call.'
旁白: 'But the environment they encountered at West Point was charged with hatred...'
旁白: 'Then, finally, at the end of May 1880, the Court of Inquiry issued a report concluding that Whitaker had staged the attack...'
旁白: 'Flipper was a second lieutenant in the 10th Cavalry, and America's first black commissioned officer...'
旁白: 'So that July, when Flipper discovered a large shortage in the commissary funds...'
旁白: 'Flipper was found innocent of embezzlement, but guilty of conduct unbecoming of an officer and a gentleman...'
旁白: 'He believed that he was a man marked for retribution...'
旁白: 'And those burdens persisted into the 1880s, as Buffalo soldiers continued supporting the government's agenda of westward expansion...'
旁白: 'Moses Williams led repeated flanking attacks...'
旁白: 'Burnett, Williams, and Wally would eventually receive the Medal of Honor...'
旁白: 'The soldiers of the 10th Cavalry took up the pursuit of Geronimo...'
旁白: 'At last, in August 1886, Geronimo finally surrendered...'
旁白: 'Despite the outstanding service of Buffalo soldiers on the frontier...'
旁白: 'One private composed a poem calling out the injustice of their extended service in South Dakota...'
旁白: 'On December 29th, the soldiers of the 9th were still in pursuit when, 20 miles away from Pine Ridge at Wounded Knee Creek, the 7th Cavalry committed one of the most notorious massacres of Native Americans in U.S. history.'
旁白: 'In 1904, a veteran Buffalo soldier named George Jordan sought treatment for kidney disease at the Army Hospital in Fort Robinson, Nebraska...'
旁白: 'Reuben Walder was a 10th Cavalry veteran who'd taken part in the famous rescue of George Forsythe's White Scouts in 1868...'
旁白: 'For 25 years after the Civil War, thousands of Black men faithfully carried out the nation's agenda of supporting westward expansion...'
旁白: 'For many Black soldiers, service in the segregated military was one of the only available avenues for honor, dignity, and opportunity...'
Deep Dive
Johnson Chestnut Whittaker, a Black cadet at West Point, was brutally attacked. Despite his detailed account, authorities accused him of self-inflicted injury, leading to a court-martial and expulsion. The case highlights the pervasive racism and distrust faced by Black cadets at the time.
- Brutal attack on Johnson Chestnut Whittaker, a Black cadet at West Point.
- Accusation of self-infliction despite detailed account of the attack.
- Court-martial and expulsion, later overturned but dismissal finalized.
- Comparison of Whittaker's character with that of Henry Ossian Flipper, another Black cadet.
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