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Soaring to glory a Tuskegee airman's firsthand account of World War II Philip Handleman with Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart Jr

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Author:
Handleman, Philip  Search this
Stewart, Harry T  Search this
Subject:
United States Army Air Forces African American troops  Search this
Physical description:
xv, 272 pages illustrations 24 cm
Type:
Biography
Biographies
Autobiographies
Place:
Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
Alabama
Tuskegee Army Air Field
Date:
2019
Notes:
Purchased from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment
Contents:
Dogfight -- "The Guts to Fly This Thing" -- The Sky Beckons -- Aiming High -- Saving the Experiment -- Trains before Planes -- The Quest for Silver Wings -- "Your Friends of the 332nd Fighter Group" -- "A Sight to Behold!" -- Showdown at Five Thousand Feet -- At the Mercy of the Winds of Fate -- The Best of the Best -- Harry Truman Keeps His Promise -- A Dream Deferred -- An Everlasting Beacon -- A Grateful Nation -- Keeping the Dream Alive -- Affirming the Legacy
Summary:
"He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at five thousand feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end of World War II, he had done something that nobody could take away from him: He had become an American hero. This is the remarkable true story of Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen of World War II. Award-winning aviation writer Philip Handleman recreates the harrowing action and heart-pounding drama of Stewart's combat missions, including the legendary mission in which Stewart downed three enemy fighters. Soaring to Glory also reveals the cruel injustices Stewart and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen faced during their wartime service and upon return home after the war. Stewart's heroism was not celebrated as it should have been in postwar America -- but now, his boundless courage and determination will never be forgotten." -- From publisher's description
Topic:
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, African American  Search this
African American air pilots  Search this
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American  Search this
Pilotes d'aéronef noirs américains  Search this
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black  Search this
HISTORY / Military / Aviation  Search this
HISTORY / Military / World War II  Search this
Armed Forces--African American troops  Search this
Military operations, Aerial--American  Search this
Military participation--African American  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
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