The 784th Tank Battalion In World War Ii
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Author | : Joe Wilson |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
"Chronicles history of first African Americans serving in armored units, service of 784th Tank Battalion. Observations and comments from veterans of the battalion, it paints a vivid picture of World War II as seen through the eyes of soldiers who had to confront second-class treatment by their army and fellow soldiers while enduring the horrors of war"--Provided by publisher (cf OCLC)
Author | : Joe Wilson |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780786406678 |
Their motto was "Come Out Fighting," and that they did without fail. The 761st Tank Battalion - the famed "Black Panthers" - was the first African American armored unit to enter combat, and in World War II they fought in four major Allied campaigns and inflicted 130,000 casualties on the German army. And the fighting was intense - only one out of every two Black Panthers made it home alive. This is the complete history of the 761st, told in large part through the words of the surviving members of the unit. Richly illustrated, this work recounts how the unit was given long overdue recognition - the Presidential Unit Citation and the Medal of Honor - in recent years.
Author | : Joe Wilson, Jr. |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2018-07-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476629447 |
In 1941, the U.S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit. By December 1944 they were fighting the Axis in Northern Italy, from the Ligurian Sea through the Po Valley and into the Apennine Mountains, where they helped breach the Gothic Line--the Germans' last major defensive line of the Italian Campaign. After the war the 758th was deactivated but was reformed as the 64th Tank Battalion, keeping their distinguished insignia, a tusked elephant head over the motto "We Pierce." They entered the Korean War still segregated but returned fully integrated (though discrimination continued internally). Through the years, they fought with almost every American tank--the Stuart, the Sherman, the Pershing, the Patton and today's Abrams. Victorious over two fascist (and racist) regimes, many black servicemen returned home to what they hoped would be a more tolerant nation. Most were bitterly disappointed--segregation was still the law of the land. For many, disappointment became a determination to fight discrimination with the same resolve that had defeated the Axis.
Author | : Bryan D. Booker |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The political, economic and social landscapes of the United States in the early 1940s were split by one overriding factor--race. This volume explores the ways in which this separation extended to the military forces and the impact which that segregation had on World War II.
Author | : United States. Army. Tank Battalion (Light), 784th |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1945 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780739312063 |
Author | : Alexander M. Bielakowski |
Publisher | : University of North Texas Press |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2021-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1574418491 |
During World War II, tens of thousands of African Americans served in segregated combat units in U.S. armed forces. The majority of these units were found in the U.S. Army, and African Americans served in every one of the combat arms. They found opportunities for leadership unparalleled in the rest of American society at the time. Several reached the field grade officer ranks, and one officer reached the rank of brigadier general. Beyond the Army, the Marine Corps refused to enlist African Americans until ordered to do so by the president in June 1942, and two African American combat units were formed and did see service during the war. While the U.S. Navy initially resisted extending the role of African American sailors beyond kitchens, eventually the crew of two ships was composed exclusively of African Americans. The Coast Guard became the first service to integrate—initially with two shipboard experiments and then with the integration of most of their fleet. Finally, the famous Tuskegee airmen are covered in the chapter on air warfare. Proud Warriors makes the case that the wartime experiences of combat units such as the Tank Battalions and the Tuskegee Airmen ultimately convinced President Truman to desegregate the military, without which the progress of the Civil Rights Movement might also have been delayed.
Author | : 784th Tank Battalion |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2015-02-16 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781297047756 |
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Author | : Joe Wilson, Jr. |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2018-04-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1476669996 |
In 1941, the U.S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit. By December 1944 they were fighting the Axis in Northern Italy, from the Ligurian Sea through the Po Valley and into the Apennine Mountains, where they helped breach the Gothic Line--the Germans' last major defensive line of the Italian Campaign. After the war the 758th was deactivated but was reformed as the 64th Tank Battalion, keeping their distinguished insignia, a tusked elephant head over the motto "We Pierce." They entered the Korean War still segregated but returned fully integrated (though discrimination continued internally). Through the years, they fought with almost every American tank--the Stuart, the Sherman, the Pershing, the Patton and today's Abrams. Victorious over two fascist (and racist) regimes, many black servicemen returned home to what they hoped would be a more tolerant nation. Most were bitterly disappointed--segregation was still the law of the land. For many, disappointment became a determination to fight discrimination with the same resolve that had defeated the Axis.
Author | : William B. Folkestad |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
In addition, William Folkestad has given us a tank commander's eye view of the fights at D-Day on Omaha Beach, the struggles in the bocage of Normandy, the Battles of Mortain and of the Bulge, all of which culminated in the Siegfried Line breakthrough and the day and night fighting for Germany itself.