Civil Rights activist Medgar Evers (Army), early baseball pioneer Abner Doubleday (Army), boxer Joe Louis Barrow (Army) and several Supreme Court Justices are also among those buried at Arlington.

Louis subsequently joined the war effort in 1942, becoming the original inspiration for Marvel’s ‘Captain America’ holding exhibition bouts in army camps, entertaining troops and fostering ...

Joe Louis Clark, an uncompromising educator who made national headlines by roaming the halls of Paterson's Eastside High School wielding a baseball bat, has died at the age of 82.

‘The Brown Bomber’ Joe Louis (66-3, ... During the war, he fought 96 exhibition matches before over two million troops, donating over $100,000 to Army and Navy Relief efforts.

Super Bowl champion Joe Theismann on why the Army-Navy game matters. ... Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. goes from host to guest on PBS' 'Finding Your Roots' Big Changes Are Coming To KFC In 2025 ...

The book is called, Joe Louis: A Picture Story of his Life by Neil Scott and with an introduction by Frank Sinatra. It was published in 1947. I’m not sure where to start.

Joe Louis died in 1981 at age 66 in the Las Vegas area. Then- President Ronald Reagan helped to lead the way for Louis’ burial at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The cemetery is managed by ...

On Oct. 16, 1986, a memorial to boxing great and World War II veteran Joe Louis was dedicated at the corner of Jefferson Avenue and Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. The sculpture, commissioned ...

Joe Louis, the Heavyweight Boxing Champion is in London to give a series of boxing exhibitions for American troops. Louis, is here as Sergeant Joseph Louis barrow of the U.S Army and as such he ...

Despite being a sergeant in the Army, Joe Louis was also an active boxer. On March 4, 1942 Louis was at Fort Dix training for a boxing match.

Despite being a sergeant in the Army, Joe Louis was also an active boxer. On March 4, 1942 Louis was at Fort Dix training for a boxing match. Soldiers from all over America who were based at Fort ...