Talk:Hamilton Fish III

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Contents 1 Harlem Hellfighters 2 oldest living American politician 3 All-black 4 Trivia 5 WikiProject class rating

[edit] Harlem Hellfighters

Harlem Hellfighters:
The 369th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard 15 Regiment. An all African American unit, the 369th fought in World War I under the French Flag because the United States refused to have African American soldiers in combat. The 369th compiled an astounding war record and were decorated by the French government. But when they returned home to the United States, they were subjected to the racism of the era, and discovered their service in World War I meant nothing to their fellow Americans. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.185.1.100 (talk) 14:44, 25 June 2003

Please do not comment here on the struck-thru material above: the level of detail is irrelevant to this talk page's article, its use concerns Harlem Hellfighters, and thus discussion belongs at talk:Harlem Hellfighters instead.
--Jerzy•t 02:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] oldest living American politician

I removed

When Fish celebrated his 102nd birthday in 1990, he was the oldest living American politician.

When stated clearly enuf, it may belong in the article, but for now:

1. "Politician" does not have a precise definition;
2. Once qualifying as a politician, are you one for life, or do you become a retired politician at some point?
3. In practice, there are too many politicians to keep track of which, e.g., town supervisors and school board members (even the non-retired ones, i expect) are still alive, so this is not verifiable unless it is trying to say, e.g., Federal office-holders, or Federal and statewide, or Federal and state (the third taking in state legislators) -- and it can't be verified without clarifying which restricted group is intended.
   --Jerzy•t 02:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
   

[edit] All-black

I modified the description of the regiment to avoid implying that Fish was black, without bothering to do any research: almost certainly all commissioned officers were white; it might be worth knowing about the non-coms.
--Jerzy•t 02:32, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

Shared an apartment with the widow of Jose Capablanca -- apparently the two did not speak to each other —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jrm2007 (talk • contribs) 09:41, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot (talk) 19:07, 5 January 2008 (UTC)