Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
by Stone, Tanya Lee.
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BookPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013.Edition: First paperback edition.Description: 147 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780763665487 (pbk.).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 | 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 literatureDDC classification: 940.54/03 Summary: 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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"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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