Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-155) and index.
Summary:
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!
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