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Author:
Walske, Christine Zuchora.
Title:
The Tuskegee airmen / Christine Zuchora-Walske.
Publisher:
Abdo Pub.
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
112 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits.
Subject:
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American--Juvenile literature.
African American air pilots--History--Juvenile literature.
United States--Fighter Squadron, 99th--Fighter Squadron, 99th--History--Juvenile literature.
Notes:
This title examines the African-American pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, focusing on their training, their impressive performance in the skies over Europe, and the discrimination they faced. Narrative text, historical photographs, and primary sources assist the reader in report writing.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Red-tail angels -- chapter 2. The long road to takeoff -- chapter 3. African Americans in the military -- chapter 4. Flight training at Tuskegee -- chapter 5. From Africa to Europe -- chapter 6. The Italian campaign -- chapter 7. The home front -- chapter 8. Postwar challenges -- chapter 9. Legacy of the Tuskegee airmen.
Series:
Essential library of world war II
ISBN:
162403795X
9781624037955
Locations:
EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

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