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This is a true story of the life of Mingo Sanders. Freed from slavery during the Civil War, he rises to become the First Sergeant of the U.S. Army Bicycle Corps and leads his company through two deployments in the Spanish American war, first Cuba and later the Philippine Islands. In the shadow of the Buffalo Soldiers legacy, his honor was crushed into the ground of Brownsville, Texas by the Rough Riders Colonel. Time rights the wrongs done to him when President Theodore Roosevelt’s actions are overturned by the first U.S. Army Equal Opportunity Office. Why haven’t you ever heard of him? No longer living, and no with living relatives, his legacy had never been fully restored. His Arlington National Cemetery grave marker stood in irony demoting him to the rank of Sergeant. It was replaced in the summer of 2025 with a new stone. The rank of First Sergeant now restored to him by the research that went into this book. Come along for a ride that will inspire you to continue onward in the journey of life.