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Title Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone. [Boundless electronic resource]

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Candlewick Pr Inc., 2013.

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Contents	Courage has no color -- Soldiers, not servants -- I'm going to tell you a secret -- I had a mission that was (above) and beyond me -- Bets were made that blacks would never jump -- We were going to tangle with Hitler -- We were soldiers. We did what we had to do -- The army had no place for us -- We will have a colorless society one day.
Summary	Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.
Audience	1090 Lexile.
	1090L Lexile
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.0 5 156351
	Accelerated Reader MG 8.0 5 156351
System Details	Requires Boundless App.
Subject	United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. Army -- Parachute troops -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	555th Parachute Infantry Association -- Juvenile literature.
	United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History.
	United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 20th century.
	United States. Army -- Parachute troops -- History -- 20th century.
	555th Parachute Infantry Association.
	United States. Army.
	United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th.
	World War (1939-1945)
Chronological Term	To 1999
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front -- Juvenile literature.
	African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Juvenile literature.
	Race discrimination -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Juvenile literature.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front.
	African American soldiers -- History -- 20th century.
	African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964.
	Race discrimination -- United States.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
	Young Adult Nonfiction.
	African American Nonfiction.
	History.
	African American soldiers.
	African Americans.
	African Americans -- Social conditions.
	Armed Forces -- African American troops.
	Armed Forces -- Parachute troops.
	Military campaigns.
	Military participation -- African American.
	Race discrimination.
	Race relations.
	Regimental histories.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile literature.
	United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century.
	United States.
	Western Front (World War (1939-1945))
Genre	History.
	Juvenile works.
	Electronic books.
Added Author	Boundless (Digital media service)
ISBN	9780763668204 : $17.99
	0763668206 : $17.99

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