Courage has no Color : : the True Story of the Triple Nickles : America's First Black Paratroopers
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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.
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PUBLISHED
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780763651176
SUBJECTS
United States. -- Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th -- History.
United States. -- Army -- History.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.
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.