Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers
Title
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Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers
Author
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Stone, Tanya Lee, author.
ISBN
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9780763651176
9780763665487
Edition
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1st edition
Physical Description
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147 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 26 cm
Contents
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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 -- The story behind the story.
Reading Level
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1090 L Lexile
Corporate Subject
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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.
Subject Term
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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.
Summary
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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.
| Library | Call Number | Status |
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| Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | J 940.5412 STO | Nonfiction Collection |
| Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | J 940.5412 STO | Nonfiction Collection |
| R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | J 940.5412 STO | Nonfiction Collection |
| Stillwater Public Library | J 940.5412 STO | Nonfiction Collection |
| Stillwater Public Library | J 940.5412 STO | Nonfiction Collection |