Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.
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TextPublisher: Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: First editionDescription: 147 pages : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780763651176 (reinforced trade hardcover)
- 0763651176 (reinforced trade hardcover)
- 9780763665487 (pbk.)
- 0763665487 (pbk.)
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History -- Juvenile literature
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States -- 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 -- 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
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- United States. Army -- African American troops -- History
- 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 discrimination
- United States. Army
- United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th
- World War (1939-1945)
- African American soldiers
- African Americans -- Social conditions
- Military campaigns
- Military participation -- African American
- Parachute troops
- Race discrimination
- Regimental histories
- United States
- Western Front (World War (1914-1918))
- To 1999
- 940.541273 qS881 2013
- D769.348 555th .S76 2013
- Orbis Pictus Honor, 2014.
| Item type | Current library | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library | Anita & W.T. Neyland Public Library | Juvenile | Children's Nonfiction | J 940.5 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 43185000471746 | |||
FBISD Book
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Flour Bluff High School Library | Flour Bluff High School Library | Nonfiction | 940.54 STO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 30008000600327 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-140) and index.
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.
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.
Orbis Pictus Honor, 2014.
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