Red Tail captured, Red Tail free : memoirs of a Tuskegee airman and POW

Red Tail captured, Red Tail free : memoirs of a Tuskegee airman and POW /

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free 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 sto...

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Main Author: Jefferson, Alexander, 1921- (Author)
Other Authors: Carlson, Lewis H.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2005
Edition:1st ed.
Series:World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension ; 5.
Subjects:
Jefferson, Alexander, > 1921-
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Fighter Group, 332nd.
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
African American fighter pilots > Biography.
Autobiography
Personal Narrative
Biography
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Detroit: the formative years
  • Clark College
  • The making of a Tuskegee airman
  • Combat
  • Captured!
  • Stalag Luft III
  • Stalag VIIA and liberation
  • Civilian!

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