Dwight, many times they try and fail. When I was in the Netherlands, there was a Dutch made for TV movie on WW2 and specifically on Overloon. I was in the movie, you can see my legs walk past once and another time all of me was in the background. They used Garands that each solder was issued, they asked for US soldiers / airmen to be in it, and about 10 guys volunteered and showed up. Several were black guys, In WW2 blacks were in the army, but not in combat units at that time. An inaccuracy, that I believe was probably known by the producer, but I think they felt better on-screen realisim, even if not true.
Ed
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