Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickels : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.

What did it take to be a paratrooper in World War II? Specialized training, extreme physical fitness, courage, and -- until the 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was formed - white skin. In 1943, Americans were fighting World War II to keep the world safe from tyranny, yet at home, white people had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stone, Tanya Lee
Language:English
Published: Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.
Edition:1st edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Parachute Infantry Battalion, 555th > History > Juvenile literature.
United States. > Army > Parachute troops > Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers > Juvenile literature.
African American soldiers > History > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Social conditions > To 1964 > Juvenile literature.
Parachute troops > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States > Juvenile literature.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Western Front > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
Race discrimination > Juvenile literature.
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.
African American soldiers.
Parachute troops.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Physical Description:147 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 26 cm
Variant Title:
True story of the Triple Nickels.
America's first Black paratroopers.
Format: Book

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