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03361aam a2200481 i 4500 001 E9CC405A939111E7A673E95E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20170907010029 008 170126t20172017nyuab b 001 0aeng 010 $a 2017003966 020 $a 0823274381 020 $a 9780823274383 035 $a (OCoLC)971020926 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d JOY $d OCLCO $d YDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d YUS $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a D805 G3 J43 2017 100 1 $a Jefferson, Alexander, $d 1921- $e illustrator. $e illustrator. 245 10 $a Red Tail captured, Red Tail free : $b memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW / $c Alexander Jefferson, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Ret. ; with Lewis H. Carlson. 250 $a Revised edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Fordham University Press, $c 2017. 300 $a xxv, 170 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a World War II: the global, human, and ethical dimension 520 $a "[This book] is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson's continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. [This book] is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp."--Amazon.com. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index. 505 0 $a Detroit: the formative years -- Clark College -- The making of a Tuskegee Airman -- Combat -- Captured! -- Stalag Luft III -- Stalag VIIA and liberation -- Civilian! -- Post script -- Appendix: Alexander Jefferson's organizational affiliations ; Alexander Jefferson's military awards. 600 10 $a Jefferson, Alexander, $d 1921- 610 10 $a United States. $b Fighter Group, 332nd. $b Fighter Group, 332nd. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Prisoners and prisons, German. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Participation, African American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, American. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Prisoners of war $z Germany $v Biography. 650 0 $a Fighter pilots $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American fighter pilots $v Biography. 700 1 $a Carlson, Lewis H., $e author. 830 0 $a World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231017020141.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806023443.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=E9CC405A939111E7A673E95E97128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search