Blood for Dignity: The Story of the First Integrated Combat Unit in the U.S. ArmyMacmillan, 2004 M02 4 - 240 páginas The integration of black platoons in 1945 represents the first time since the American Revolution that African American soldiers were integrated into white combat units. The experiences of these soldiers were truly radical and a harbinger of things to come. Clearly, these black infantrymen planted the seeds of integration in the army--and the nation. Blood for Dignity tells the story of these soldiers through the eyes of 5th platoon, K Company, 394th Regiment, 99th Division--the first integrated combat unit since the Revolutionary War. These men were involved in heavy combat at the Remagen Bridgehead and several other critical junctures as they drove back the German army. The performance of these men laid to rest the accepted white attitude of a century and a half that blacks were cowardly and inferior fighters. In fact, they proved to be just the opposite. Author David Colley interviewed many of the members of the 99th. Their accounts along with years of reseach paint a gripping, combat-heavy portrait of young men fighting together for their nation. For as they will tell you, in combat situations, prejudice and the color line disappears. |
Contenido
HEALING OLD WOUNDS | 1 |
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING BLIND | 5 |
WE STARTED SOMETHING | 11 |
BLACKS IN WORLD WAR II | 21 |
TRAINING IN THE UNITED STATES | 25 |
SHOW ME YOUR TAIL | 33 |
FRANCE | 39 |
A SPECIAL APPEAL FROM IKE | 43 |
HONNINGEN | 119 |
CONSOLIDATING THE BRIDGEHEAD | 127 |
DIVISION RESERVE | 133 |
ACROSS THE WIED AND BREAKOUT | 137 |
GIESSEN | 143 |
MUTUAL SUPPORT | 149 |
INTO THE FLAK HILLS | 153 |
ISERLOHNSTRANGE TWISTS OF WAR | 161 |
YOUVE GOT YOUR TRANSFER | 53 |
LT RICHARD RALSTON | 57 |
MEN FROM THE KILLING FLOOR | 63 |
COMPIEGNE FRANCE | 71 |
ON THEIR WAY | 81 |
THE GERMANS ARE THAT CLOSE | 87 |
NO COLOR LINEJUST THE FRONT LINE | 93 |
5TH PLATOON E COMPANY | 99 |
YOU YOU AND YOUON PATROL | 103 |
WAITING OUT THE NIGHT | 107 |
PROMISE OF SALVATION | 113 |
ONE HELLUVA WALKWITH PATTON | 167 |
THE WAR IS OVER | 175 |
WE ARE COMBAT VETERANS | 183 |
THE BEST TROOPS IN THE ETO | 189 |
RECOGNITIONFIN ALLY | 195 |
WORLD WAR II CHANGED AMERICA | 197 |
IM YOUR DAUGHTER | 203 |
FINALLYINTEGRATION IN THE MILITARY | 207 |
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Blood for Dignity: The Story of the First Integrated Combat Unit in the U.S ... David P. Colley Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Referencias a este libro
A People's History of American Empire Howard Zinn,Mike Konopacki,Paul Buhle Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
Black, White, & Olive Drab: Racial Integration at Fort Jackson, South ... Andrew H. Myers Vista previa limitada - 2006 |