"Uncle Sugar's Belles": Liberian Women and the US Army's Program of Tolerated Prostitution in World War II Liberia.

This article examines the confinement of Liberian women by US Army Forces in Liberia (USAFIL) for the purpose of regulated prostitution during World War II. The racial makeup of USAFIL as an overwhelmingly African American unit and its deployment to the only sovereign Black republic in Africa create...

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Published in:	Radical History Review Vol. 2023; no. 146; pp. 32 - 59
Main Author:	Alfin, Kathleen E.
Format:	Article
Published:	Duke University Press May2023
Subjects:	Sex work Military crimes Racism Health of military personnel Human sexuality
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