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Author:

George, Denise, author.

Title:

The lost eleven : the forgotten story of black American soldiers brutally massacred in World War II / Denise George and Robert Child.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Caliber,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xvi, 398 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : photographs ; 24 cm

Subject:

United States.--Field Artillery Battalion, 333rd.--Field Artillery Battalion, 333rd.
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Wereth.--Wereth.
Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945.
Wereth (Belgium)--History, Military--20th century.

Other Authors:

Child, Robert, 1963- author.

Contents:

Part 1: The World's Greatest Democracy -- A Quiet Forest -- The Berlin Olympics -- The Banning -- A Wall of Photographs -- Lebensraum -- The Baseball Pitcher from Piedmont -- The Meeting at Berchtesgaden -- Invasion! -- The Belgian Family -- The Belgian Family -- The Baker's Son and the Butcher's Apprentice... -- The Trip to Paris -- The Einsatzgruppen -- Part 2: The World at War -- The Surprise Attack -- The News at Wolfschanze -- The Date That Will Live in Infamy -- The Changing World -- The Christmas Eve Message -- The Louisiana Riot -- Drafted! -- The Risk -- The Army's Jim Crow -- The GI from Pontotoc County -- Christmas of '42 -- The 155mm Howitzer -- The Early Months of '43 -- The Urgent Message -- The Training Manuals -- The Baby -- Training -- The Helper -- The Visitor -- The New POW Compound -- Operation Citadel -- Disillusioned -- The Song -- Late-Night Reflections -- The Weakening Reich -- Part 3: Leaving Camp Gruber -- Training in the UK -- A Stir in Britain -- Planning an Assault -- D-Day -- An Invasion from the West -- Arriving at Utah Beach -- "Ready! Fire!" -- The Symphony Serenade -- The Plot -- The Terrifying News -- The Push out of Normandy -- Onward into Battle -- The Surrender -- Brest -- The Battle, Pierce and Deadly -- The Capture of Brest -- The Liberation of Paris -- The Bivouac -- The Young, the Old, and the Wounded -- The Reports -- The Long March to Belgium -- The City of Light -- The Plan -- Bivouacking in Belgium -- Operation Greif -- Part 4: The Battle of the Bulge -- Life at the West Wall -- The Rockets -- The Secret Revealed -- A Sleepless Night -- "Just a Phonograph" -- "Too Quiet!" -- Darkness in the Schnee Eifel -- The Attack -- "Screaming Meemies!" -- The Death Sentence -- A Long and Deadly Day -- The Breakthrough -- Massacre at the Baugnez Crossroads -- The Farmhouse -- Unexpected Hospitality -- The Arrest -- The Long Wait -- "Though l Walk Through the Valley".

ISBN:

1101987391
9781101987391

LCCN:

2016041981

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

VEPB334 -- Clermont Public Library (Clermont)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)