| Description |
xix, 184 pages : portraits ; 21 cm |
| Note |
The hardcover edition of this book was published in 2004 by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins publishers. |
| Contents |
Army Tank Corporal, 1942-1945 / Leonard Smith -- Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, 1941-1945 / Margaritte Gertrude Ivory-Bertram -- Air Force Captain, 1942-1947 / Luther H. Smith -- Marine Sergeant, 1944-1946; Navy Reserves Chaplain, 1953-1959; Navy Chaplain Captain, 1959-1983 / Thomas Hayswood McPhatter -- Army Medic Corporal, 1942-1945; Army Reserves Sergeant, 1945-1952 / Waverly B. Woodson Jr. -- Private, Women's Army Corps, 1944-1946 / Gladys O. Thomas-Anderson -- Army Sergeant, 1942-1945 / James Tillman -- Navy Steward, 1938-1960, World War II and Korea / James Hairston -- Vice Admiral, Navy Reserves, 1942-1949; Navy, 1949-1980, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam / Samuel L. Gravely Jr. -- Army, 1949-1956, Sergeant, World War II; Lieutenant, Korea / Charles Armstrong -- Army Corporal, 1950-1953 / Stephen Hopkins -- Navy Cook, 1943-1947, World War II; Navy Reserves, 1947-1950; Army Sergeant, 1950-1971, Korea and Vietnam / Robert Yancey -- Army Lieutenant General, 1944-1983; Army Reserves, 1943, 1946-1948, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam / Julius W. Becton, Jr. -- Marine Sergeant, 1964-1967 / Norman Smith -- Army Nurse Corps, Captain, 1967-1969; Army Reserves Major, 1969-1982 / Elizabeth Allen -- Army Lieutenant, 1966-1969 / James Robbins -- Army Sergeant, 1962-1983 / Donald Rander -- Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, 1959-1979 / Olivia Theriot -- Army Radioman, Specialist E-3, 1965-1967 / James Brantley-- Colonel, Army Nurse Corps, 1952-1978, Korea and Vietnam / Marie Rodgers -- Army Private, 1967-1969 / Alfredo Alexander -- Marine Sergeant, 1975-1995 / Dariton Battle -- Army, 1974-1977; Army Reserves, 1977-1998 / Janet Pennick -- Navy E-4, 1989-1991 / J. Alexander Martin -- Army Private, 1968-1970; National Guard Specialist 4, 1988-1996, Vietnam and Persian Gulf War / Lester Outterbridge -- Air Force Captain, 1989-1999; Air National Guard Major, 1999-present, Operation Noble Eagle / Anthony LaSure -- Air Force Captain, 1996-present, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom / Eric Mitchell -- Army Brigadier General, 1980-present, Operation Iraqi Freedom / Vincent Brooks. |
| Summary |
A history of the contributions of African-American soldiers from World War II to the present notes the segregation of the army until the Korean War and honors more than two dozen veterans of distinction. |
| Subject |
African American soldiers -- Biography.
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African American sailors -- Biography.
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African American veterans -- Biography.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Biographies.
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Personal narratives.
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| Added Author |
Latty, Yvonne, editor.
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Tarver, Ron, photographer.
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| ISBN |
0060751592 (pbk.) |
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9780060751593 (pbk.) |
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