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02228aam a2200409Ii 4500 001 FAA0460C347C11E78DAB1C93DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170509010118 008 141205s2015 nyua 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780785832478 020 $a 0785832475 035 $a (OCoLC)897576018 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d MNSEL $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d CLE $d VRC $d ALOPL $d O2C $d JIM $d SILO 050 4 $a UG834.A37 $b C66 2015 082 14 $a 940.54 COO 100 1 $a Cooper, Charlie, $d 1933- $e author. 245 10 $a Tuskegee's heroes : $b featuring the aviation art of Roy LaGrone / $c Charlie & Ann Cooper. 264 1 $a New York, New York : $b Crestline, $c 2015. 300 $a 156 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 27 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index. 520 $a Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor drew the United States into history's most violent war. Despite their unequal treatment at home, America's blacks yearned for a chance to fight for their country. Tuskegee Experiment, the opportunity to serve their country-and to fly!-became reality. Although the experiment was meant to fail, the Tuskegee Airmen seized the opportunity and proved, once and for all, that blacks could fly Mustangs; the pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group never lost an escorted bomber to enemy fighters! 610 10 $a United States. $b Air Force $x History. $x History. 610 17 $a United States. $b Air Force. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00538280 650 0 $a Air pilots, Military $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a African American air pilots $v Biography. 650 7 $a African American air pilots. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00799007 650 7 $a Air pilots, Military. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00802472 650 7 $a Armed Forces $x African Americans. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01351729 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 700 1 $a Cooper, Ann, $d 1934- $e author. 700 1 $a La Grone, Roy, $d 1921-1993, $e artist. 941 $a 1 952 $l GOPG641 $d 20240710034504.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=FAA0460C347C11E78DAB1C93DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b JIMInitiate Another SILO Locator Search