We Were There Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq

Name: We Were There Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq
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ISBN: 9780060542177

ISBN-10: 0060542179

ISBN-13: 9780060542177

Edition: 2004

Authors: Yvonne Latty, Ron Tarver

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Black Americans have had an ongoing presence in the American military, from the Revolution to the Civil War to Vietnam to the War in Iraq, yet their contributions are often relegated to a footnote of history, if mentioned at all. The recent successes and wide visibility of African Americans in the military -- such as those of Colin Powell and Shoshanna Johnson -- belie a harsh reality: the Army was segregated until the Korean War. Only in the last fifty years have blacks been allowed to serve in a manner commensurate with both their skills and commitment. Now, in a book that honors their service to their country, more than two dozen veterans and military personnel, including Brigadier…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 3/30/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface


World War II


Leonard Smith, Army Tan Corporal, 1942-1945


Margaritte Gertrude Ivory-Bertram, Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, 1941-1945


Luther H. Smith, Air Force Captain, 1942-1947


Thomas Hayswood McPhatter, Marine Sergeant, 1944-1946; Navy Reserves Chaplain, 1953-1959; Navy Chaplain Captain 1959-1983


Waverly B. Wodson, Jr., Army Medic Corporal, 1942-1945; Army Reserves Sergeant, 1945-1952


Gladys O. Thomas-Anderson, Private, Women's Army Corps, 1944-1946


James Tillman, Army Sergeant, 1942-1945


James Hairston, Navy Steward, 1938-1960, World War II and Korea


Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., Vice Admiral, Navy Reserves, 1942-1949; Navy, 1949-1980, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam


Korea


Charles Armstrong, Army, 1945-1956, Sergeant, World War II; Lieutenant, Korea


Stephen Hopkins, Army Corporal, 1950-1953


Robert Yancey, Navy Cook, 1943-1947, World War II; Navy Reserves, 1947-1950; Army Sergeant, 1950-1971, Korea and Vietnam


Julius W. Becton, Jr., Army Lieutenant General, 1944-1983; Army Reserves, 1943, 1946-1948, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam


Vietnam


Norman Smith, Marine Sergeant, 1964-1967


Elizabeth Allen, Army Nurse Corps, Captain, 1967-1969; Army Reserves Major, 1969-1982


James Robbins, Army Lieutenant, 1966-1969


Donald Rander, Army Sergeant, 1962-1983


Olivia Theriot, Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, 1959-1979


James Brantley, Army Radioman, Specialist E-3, 1965-1967


Marie Rodgers, Colonel, Army Nurse Corps, 1952-1978, Korea and Vietnam


Alfredo Alexander, Army Private, 1967-1969


Persian Gulf War


Dariton Battle, Marine Sergeant, 1975-1995


Janet Pennick, Army, 1974-1977; Army Reserves, 1977-1998


J. Alexander Martin, Navy E-4, 1989-1991


Lester Outterbridge, Army Private, 1968-1970; National Guard Specialist 4, 1988-1996, Vietnam and Persian Gulf War


War on Terror


Anthony LaSure, Air Force Captain, 1989-1999; Air National Guard Major, 1999-present, Operation Noble Eagle


Eric Mitchell, Air Force Captain, 1996-present, Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom


Vincent Brooks, Army Brigadier General, 1980-present, Operation Iraqi Freedom


Acknowledgments