Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free : Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW.

By:

Jefferson, Alexander

Contributor(s):

Carlson, Lewis H

Material type: Text

TextSeries: World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical DimensionPublisher: US : Fordham University Press, 2005Copyright date: ©2005Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (158 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780823248438

Subject(s):

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American

Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Red Tail Captured, Red Tail FreeDDC classification:

940.544973092

LOC classification:

D805.G3 J4

Online resources:

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Contents:

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free -- Contents -- Foreword -- Alexander Jefferson Timeline -- Introduction -- 1 Detroit The Formative Years -- 2 Clark College -- 3 The Making of a Tuskegee Airman -- 4 Combat -- 5 Captured! -- 6 Stalag Luft III -- 7 Stalag VIIA and Liberation -- 8 Civilian! -- Postscript.

Summary: This book is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African-American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well.

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This book is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African-American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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