Forgotten : the untold story of D-Day's black heroes
Hervieux, Linda2016
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'Forgotten' is an extraordinary blend of military and social history - a story that pays tribute to the valour of an all-black battalion whose crucial contributions at D-Day have gone unrecognised to this day. In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a unit of African-American soldiers, landed on the beaches of France. Their orders were to man a curtain of armed balloons meant to deter enemy aircraft. One member of the 320th would be nominated for the Medal of Honor, an award he would never receive. The nation's highest decoration was not given to black soldiers in the Second World War. Drawing on newly uncovered military records and dozens of original interviews with surviving members of the 320th and their families, Linda Hervieux tells the story of these heroic men.
Main title:
Forgotten : the untold story of D-Day's black heroes / Linda Hervieux.
Author:
Hervieux, Linda, author
Imprint:
Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2016.
Collation:
xiii, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Harper, 2015.Includes QR code.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781445663487 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.541273940.5412940.541 HERV940.541273 HER
Local class:
940.541273
Language:
English
Subject:
United States. Army. Antiaircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion, 320th -- HistoryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- NormandyAfrican American soldiers -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African AmericanWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United StatesWarfare and Defence
BRN:
1854113