Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
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TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013Edition: First paperback editionDescription: 147 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780763665487 (pbk.)
- 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
- 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
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- D769.348 555th .S76 2013b
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"Foreword by Ashley Bryan"--Cover.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-140) and index.
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.
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