Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War
by Robert J. Dalessandro, Gerald Torrence
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 0764332333
- ISBN 13
- 9780764332333
- Seller
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About This Item
Large-format volume, measuring approximately 9" x 11.5", is bound in glossy illustratrated boards. Book is new. Numerous b&w photographic illustrations and color photos of insignia. 192 pages.
""Willing Patriots" tells the story of Black Americans who served in the U.S. Army in the First World War. The book provides the reader deeply researched treatment of the organization, combat history/battle participation of all black troops including the two infantry divisions, supporting organizations of the Services Of Supply, and the special troops. Additionally, the work contains an exhaustive bibliography of primary and secondary references for each unit informing the reader of sources for further study; lavishly illustrated with nearly 300 detailed
color and war-era photographs of these valorous men. Theserare and previously unpublished photographs are drawn from public and private collections nationwide providing a lens into this long forgotten aspect of World War I."
""Willing Patriots" tells the story of Black Americans who served in the U.S. Army in the First World War. The book provides the reader deeply researched treatment of the organization, combat history/battle participation of all black troops including the two infantry divisions, supporting organizations of the Services Of Supply, and the special troops. Additionally, the work contains an exhaustive bibliography of primary and secondary references for each unit informing the reader of sources for further study; lavishly illustrated with nearly 300 detailed
color and war-era photographs of these valorous men. Theserare and previously unpublished photographs are drawn from public and private collections nationwide providing a lens into this long forgotten aspect of World War I."
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- Bookseller
- Palimpsest Scholarly Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1730
- Title
- Willing Patriots: Men of Color in the First World War
- Author
- Robert J. Dalessandro, Gerald Torrence
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0764332333
- ISBN 13
- 9780764332333
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- Atglen, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- African-American History/Culture, US History, Military History
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