Some recent research has suggested that even members of the Lincoln Brigade - some of whom "disappeared" - were not immune.

None of this can be learned from the show, and to all of it, our heroes of the Lincoln Brigade were blind - or worse.

James, 24, fought and died in the Spanish Civil War as a volunteer with the Lincoln Brigade.

In 1997, he played for Lincoln Brigade.

Among its other achievements, the Lincoln Brigade was the first American military force to include blacks and whites integrated on an equal basis.

It depicted a multi-ethnic group of Americans in the Lincoln Brigade.

Almost 3,000 were Americans, grouped in what became known as the Lincoln Brigade, of whom some 900 died in action.

For years, the friends, veterans and supporters of the Lincoln Brigade have had their own way with their self-created image as "the first freedom fighters."

He had previously fought in Spain with the Lincoln Brigade.

We can go clear back to the Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War.