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...
| Uniform Title: | MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
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| Language: | English |
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Somerville, Mass. :
Candlewick Press,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st edition. |
| Series: | MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
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| 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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| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
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