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Black Faces of War: A Legacy of Honor from the American Revolution to Today

By Robert V. Morris , Julius W. Becton Jr.

Book information

Publisher
Zenith Press
Year
2011
ISBN
0760339171, 9780760339176
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
80 MB (83431289 bytes)
Pages
160\163
Topic
History
Time added
2013-11-20 17:04:51
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

Description

This commemoration of African-Americans in the U.S. military includes contributions from W. Stephen Morris and Luther H. Smith, one of the most-celebrated Tuskegee Airmen. Other black military heroes featured in the book include Crispus Attucks, the first man to die in the Revolutionary War; Lt. James Reese Europe, who brought jazz music to Europe in 1918; Lt. Charity Adams, commander of the only all-black Women's Army Corps unit during World War II; and Gen. Colin Powell, who served with distinction in Vietnam, became the first African-American Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War, and retired a four-star general before becoming the first African-American Secretary of State.

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