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Harlem's hell fighters : the African-American 369th Infantry in World War I
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Harlem's hell fighters : the African-American 369th Infantry in World War I / Stephen L. Harris ; foreword by Rod Paschall.
ISBN
1574883860 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, Inc., c2003.
Physical Description
xviii, 301 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 25, 2003
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Strength of the nation
"We have the regiment"
Pancho Villa rides to the rescue
"The color line will not be drawn in this regiment"
The man who stood for something
The honor of the state
"I will startle the world"
"Black is not a color of the rainbow"
"Color, blood, and suffering have made us one"
"The man has kicked us right to France"
"Landed at Brest, right side up!"
"This pick and shovel work"
Ragtime in France
"God damn, le's go!"
"He can go some!"
"I wish I had a brigade, yes, a division"
"There was nothing between the German army and Paris except my regiment"
"Lieutenant, you shot me! You shot a good man!"
"Shell-shocked, gassed, sunk to the verge of delirium"
All suns had gone down.
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