In 2022, US Army COL Charles Young was posthumously promoted to brigadier general – a rank he likely would have advanced to during World War I. In 1917 he was the highest ranking African American officer in the US Army. A veteran of the 1916 Mexican Expedition, his name even appeared on a list of the campaign’s officers that GEN John J. Pershing recommended for future brigade command. Then, months into World War I, he was controversially sidelined after failing a medical exam. To discuss Young's career and why he was sidelined in World War I, the World War I Podcast hosted Dr. David Kilroy, author of For Race and Country: The Life and Career of Colonel Charles Young.
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