Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: Americas First Black Paratroopers Tanya Lee Stone.

By:

Stone, Tanya Lee

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2013Edition: Description: 147 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

Audience:

Children

ISBN:

9780545622943 (pbk.)
0545622948 (pbk.)

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LOC classification:

D769.348 555th .S76 2013

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Summary: Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, Americas first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.

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"This edition is available for distribution only through the school market."--P. [4] of cover.

ncludes bibliographical references (pages 124-140) and index.

ourage has no color -- Soldiers, not servants -- Im going to tell you a secret -- I had a mission that was [above] and beyond me -- Bets were made that Blacks would never jump -- We were going to tangle with Hitler -- We were soldiers, we did what we had to do -- The Army had no place for us -- We will have a colorless society one day - - The story behind the story.

Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, Americas first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.

1090 Lexile.

ALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Finalist.

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