Cargando…

To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race : The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II /

I would have climbed up a mountain to get on the list [to serve overseas]. We were going to do our duty. Despite all the bad things that happened, America was our home. This is where I was born. It was where my mother and father were. There was a feeling of wanting to do your part.--Gladys Carter, m...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Moore, Brenda L. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [1996]
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • List of Tables and Figures
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. A Changing Military Structure
  • 3. Fight Our Battles and Claim Our Victories
  • 4. Just American Soldiers Going to Do a Job
  • 5. Serving in the European Theater of Operations, January 1945-March 1946
  • 6. Life after Military Service
  • 7. Cohesion, Conflict, and Phenomenology
  • 8. Epilogue
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index