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
Uniform Title:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
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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Summary:
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 rights that black people did not. What is courage? Perhaps it is being ready to fight for your nation even when your nation won't fight for you.
Call Number:940.54 Stone
NFYA
Audience:
1090L Lexile
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780763651176
0763651176
Reading Program:
Accelerated Reader MG 8.0 5 5 156351