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Title: Blood for Dignity: The Story of the First Integrated Combat Unit in the U.S. Army by David P. Colley ISBN: 0-312-30035-2 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 03 February, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gives recognition but also tells an exciting battle story
Comment: As the son of a 99th Division infantryman, I heard stories of The Battle of the Bulge, and the Remagan Bridge battles. So when I saw this unique book on the first "integrated" army units of WWII, many serving in the 99th, I purchased it. Just as Chinese workers were rarely pictured in the 19th Century railway construction photos, black soldiers never appeared in popular WWII films, except when seen as laborers, servants, orderlies, or drivers. This book helps to initiate wider recognition of these men and a historical correction. Each of the early chapters contain contemptuous outrages of life in the U.S. Army, including racist incidents, segregated Red Cross centers, poor training, and earned combat medals that were never delivered to African American soldiers. German POW's were treated better than black soldiers, in many cases, and one can imagine life for soldiers from the Northern states who were shipped to racist Southern states for training, such as at Camp van Dorn. The book details how at the end of the war, black combat soldiers were quickly sent back to their old units, sowing bitterness. The dignity for their spilled blood did not come until fifty years later. Colley, who briefly outlines the contributions of black soldiers in colonial American armies, the Civil War, and the Spanish American War, opens this book in the heat of a battle, when black volunteers come to rescue their fellow infantrymen in K Company on March 13, 1945. 2,221 African American soldiers in about 52 platoons were allowed to volunteer for combat assignments as the war was coming to an end. This book mainly focuses on members of the 5th of K (99th Infantry, 394 Infantry Regiment, K Company, 5th platoon, led by Lt. Richard Ralston) and the 5th of E. The author introduces the reader to these men's lives prior to war, and shows their evolution into combat troops. By the close of the war, as Iserlohn falls, and the 394th crossed the Altmuhl, they are grizzled veterans. An excellent book, an exciting read, and a necessary contribution to American History.
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Title: Honoring Sergeant Carter : Redeeming a Black World War II Hero's Legacy by Allene Carter, Robert L. Allen ISBN: 0066212367 Publisher: Amistad Press Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Road to Victory: The Untold Story of World War II's Red Ball Express by David Colley ISBN: 0446667684 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien ISBN: 0767902890 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 29 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Unknown Soldiers: African-American Troops in World War I by Arthur E. Barbeau, Florette Henri, Bernard C. Nalty ISBN: 0306806940 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 List Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The Street Lawyer by John Grisham ISBN: 0440225701 Publisher: Dell Pub. Date: 05 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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