Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
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TextPublication details: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013Edition: 1st edDescription: 147 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN: 9780763651176 (reinforced trade hardcover); 0763651176 (reinforced trade hardcover)Subject(s): 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 | United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History | United States. Army -- African American troops -- History | 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 -- Regimental histories -- United States | United States. Army -- Parachute troops | World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Western Front | African American soldiers -- History | African Americans -- Social conditions | Race discriminationDDC classification: 940.541273 qS881 2013 LOC classification: D769.348 555th | .S76 2013Summary: 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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| 940.53/VANDIVER 1001 Things Everyone Should Know about World War II./ | 940.53/WOR The World at War, 1939-1945./ | 940.53/WYDEN Stella / | 940.541273/STONE Courage has no color : | 940.5425/SID Ghost Soldiers./ | 940.5426/BELLER Battling in the Pacific./ | 940.5426/McN The attack on Pearl Harbor : |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 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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