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Dictionary Catalog
Author | : Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 1962 |
Genre | : African Americans |
ISBN | : |
Proudly We Served
Author | : Mary Pat Kelly |
Publisher | : Naval Institute Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2015-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1612518184 |
Few Americans know the history-changing story of the men of the USS Mason, the only African-American sailors to take a World War II warship into combat. At a time when most blacks in the Navy were relegated to stewards or laborers, the crew of the USS Mason escorted six convoys across the perilous North Atlantic, helped to win the Battle of the Atlantic and directly influenced President Harry S. Truman’s decision to integrate all of America’s armed forces. Recommended in 1944 for a commendation for their heroic actions during a violent storm, the Mason sailors finally received that commendation in 1995. The Navy further honored the men by naming a new destroyer (DDG 87) after the crew of the Mason. This book is the basis of an award-winning PBS documentary and the feature film Proud starring Ossie Davis. The USS Mason story is featured in The National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Home Away from Home
Author | : Mary Pat Kelly |
Publisher | : Appletree Press (IE) |
Total Pages | : 172 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780862814755 |
Understanding Media
Author | : Marshall McLuhan |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 2016-09-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781537430058 |
When first published, Marshall McLuhan's Understanding Media made history with its radical view of the effects of electronic communications upon man and life in the twentieth century.
The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon
Author | : |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1428990437 |
Jerry Thigpen's study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort to tell the story of this wonderfully capable machine. This weapons system has performed virtually every imaginable tactical event in the spectrum of conflict and by any measure is the most versatile C-130 derivative ever produced. First modified and sent to Southeast Asia (SEA) in 1966 to replace theater unconventional warfare (UW) assets that were limited in both lift capability and speed the Talon I quickly adapted to theater UW tasking including infiltration and resupply and psychological warfare operations into North Vietnam. After spending four years in SEA and maturing into a highly respected UW weapons system the Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) chose the Combat Talon to lead the night low-level raid on the North Vietnamese prison camp at Son Tay. Despite the outcome of the operation the Talon I cemented its reputation as the weapons system of choice for long-range clandestine operations. In the period following the Vietnam War United States Air Force (USAF) special operations gradually lost its political and financial support which was graphically demonstrated in the failed Desert One mission into Iran. Thanks to congressional supporters like Earl Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized to meet the ever-increasing threat to our nation. Under the leadership of such committed hard-driven officers as Brenci Uttaro Ferkes Meller and Thigpen the crew force became the most disciplined in our Air Force. It was capable of penetrating hostile airspace at night in a low-level mountainous environment covertly to execute any number of unconventional warfare missions.
Farewell to Manzanar
Author | : Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780618216208 |
A true story of Japanese American experience during and after the World War internment.