Black faces of war : a legacy of honor from the American Revolution to today

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Stone Center Library

Call Number
E185.63 .M67 2011
Status
Available

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Summary

This commemoration of African-Americans in the U.S. military includes contributions from prominent historian Hal Chase, W. Stephen Morris, and Luther H. Smith, one of the most-celebrated Tuskegee Airmen.

Contents

The American Revolution, slavery, and the Antebellum South -- The Civil War, western expansion, and Buffalo soldiers -- World War I : Black officers and the new Negroes -- World War II : Black women at war -- World War II : Tuskegee Airmen soaring above, 758th tankers rumbling below -- World War II : Song of the South Pacific -- Korea and Vietnam : combat integration and Black power -- The modern era and the evolution of Black leadership.

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