The Tuskegee Airmen

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Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1997-06-01
Publisher(s): Branden Pub Co
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Table of Contents

Abbreviations 7(2)
Illustrations
9(5)
Acknowledgement 14(2)
A Word from the Editor 16(2)
Preface 18(2)
Prologue--The Roads to the War and the American Conflict 20(16)
Chapter 1 The Fight For The Right To Fight
36(19)
Chapter 2 A Dream Comes True
55(8)
Chapter 3 The Road to War
63(6)
Chapter 4 A Taste of Combat
69(7)
Chapter 5 The Sicilian Campaign
76(6)
Chapter 6 The Dark Days
82(13)
Chapter 7 From Failure To Success
95(11)
Chapter 8 The 99th Fighter Squadron and Operation Strangle
106(9)
Chapter 9 The 332nd Fighter Group The Red Tails
115(5)
Chapter 10 The 332nd Fighter Croup Enters Combat
120(9)
Chapter 11 The 332nd and the Fifteenth Air Force
129(10)
Chapter 12 The 99th Joins the 332nd Fighter Group
139(9)
Chapter 13 Striking Oil
148(10)
Chapter 14 The Invasion of Southern France
158(7)
Chapter 15 Striking Around The Clock
165(7)
Chapter 16 The Battle of Greece
172(5)
Chapter 17 The Balkan Campaign
177(13)
Chapter 18 The Collapse of Germany
190(14)
Chapter 19 The Organization of the 477th
204(27)
Chapter 20 Drawing The Battle Line At Freeman Field
231(25)
Chapter 21 Integrating the Air Forces
256(19)
Chapter 22 They Changed A Nation
275(19)
Chapter 23 Stories of Prisoners of War
294(10)
Chapter 24 Leaders of Men
304(25)
Chapter 25 The Unsung Heroes
329(16)
Chapter 26 To do Battle
345(19)
Chapter 27 The Enlisted Men
364(15)
Chapter 28 A Forgotten Lonely Eagle
379(5)
Appendices 384(1)
Footnotes 385(5)
References 390(4)
COMBAT RECORD OF NEGRO AIRMEN 394(5)
RECORD OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN BY NEGRO PILOTS 399(1)
PILOTS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Unofficial List 399(6)
TUSKEGEE HONOR ROLL Men Lost in Training, Combat, and on Routine Missions 405(9)
SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 85, 1 April 1943 E-X-T-R-A-C-T 414(6)
THE MEN--THE RECORDS THE ORIGINAL 99th FIGHTER SQUADRON 420(2)
ENLISTED MEN Airplane Mechanics 422(1)
ORIGINAL 332nd FIGHTER GROUP 423(7)
ROSTER OF GRADUATES Advanced Flying School 1942--1946 (Extracted from official Army Air Force documents) 430(27)
THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN 1939--1949 457(1)
AAF BLACK MILITARY PERSONNEL SEPTEMBER 1942--MARCH 1946 458(3)
LIST OF FIRST 19 OFFICERS ARRESTED AT FREEMAN 461(1)
LIST OF 101 OFFICERS ARRESTED AT FREEMAN 462(2)
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY 464(7)
INDEX 471

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