Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6 by Bielakowski, Alexander M.
Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6 by Bielakowski, Alexander M.

Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6

During the war, tens of thousands of African Americans served in segregated combat units in U.S. armed...
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Author: Alexander M. Bielakowski
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Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6 by Bielakowski, Alexander M.

Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6

$424.98
Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6 by Bielakowski, Alexander M.

Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II Volume 6

$424.98
Author: Alexander M. Bielakowski
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description

During the war, 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. The first African American Marine Corps officer was not commissioned until after World War II, but 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. Like the Navy, the Coast Guard had restricted African Americans to ships' galleys, but then 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.

No previous books have synthesized the African American combat experience throughout U.S. armed forces during World War II. Proud Warriors redresses this omission and 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: Alexander M. Bielakowski
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Published: 11/29/2021
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781574418392

About the Author

ALEXANDER M. BIELAKOWSKI is a former U.S. Army Reserve officer and the author of From Horses to Horsepower: The Mechanization and Demise of the U.S. Cavalry, 1916-1950; African American Troops in World War II; and U.S. Cavalryman 1891-1920. He is a professor of history at the University of Houston-Downtown.


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