A Soldier's Story (1984). This scene has its place in Black Cinema history. Starring Howard E. Rollins, Jr., Adolph Caesar, Art Evans, Denzel Washington, David Alan Grier, Larry Riley, David Harris, Robert Townsend, Patti LaBelle, William Allen Young, Dennis Lipscomb A black Army investigator (Howard E. Rollins Jr.) travels to a remote military base in the heart of the Louisiana backwoods to look into the mysterious murder of a black sergeant toward the tail end of World War II. Once he arrives,

48K views · 1.1K reactions | For 13 years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the 101st has paid into the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan with constant deployment rotations and the lives of its soldiers. Hear some of the unit's soldiers, past and present, talk about what that means to them. (Michael S. Darnell/Stars and Stripes). Story: https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/101st-airborne | Stars and Stripes | Facebook