Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War : the undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American quest for equality / Jeffrey T. Sammons and John H. Morrow, Jr.
When on May 15, 1918 a French lieutenant warned Henry Johnson of the 369th to move back because of a possible enemy raid, Johnson reportedly replied: "I'm an American, and I never retreat." The story, even if apocryphal, captures the mythic status of the Harlem Rattlers, the African American combat...
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| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
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2014.
Lawrence, Kansas : 2014. |
| Series: | Modern war studies.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 616 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |