Ishwar Singh Randhawa
@ishwar01.bsky.social
Postgraduate Scholar (International Relations), South Asian University | Research interests: Critical War Studies, Changing Character of War, Technology & War.
My hunch is he could’ve been a sailor. Indian sailors or "lascars" were fairly common in British and American ports (Ahab's crew in Moby Dick includes lascars). The US Navy during the war had a relatively high proportion of black sailors(16% of its enlisted)which is how he may have been categorised.
September 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
My hunch is he could’ve been a sailor. Indian sailors or "lascars" were fairly common in British and American ports (Ahab's crew in Moby Dick includes lascars). The US Navy during the war had a relatively high proportion of black sailors(16% of its enlisted)which is how he may have been categorised.