Title Fighting for hope : African American troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and postwar America / Robert F. Jefferson

Published Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps Series War, society, culture. Contents The Great Depression and African American youth culture -- Why should I fight? Black morale and War Department racial policy -- Of sage and sand : Fort Huachuca and the U.S. 93rd Infantry Division -- Service families on the move -- War maneuvers and Black division personnel -- War, race, and rumor under the Southern Cross -- Relative security in the southwest Pacific -- Epilogue: Black 93rd Division veterans and former service families after World War II Analysis "Multi-User" Notes OldControl:muse9781421403090 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-307) and index Notes English Print version record Subject United States. Army -- African American troops. United States. Army. Division, 93rd. SUBJECT United States. Army fast United States. Army. Division, 93rd fast Subject African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964. African American soldiers -- Social conditions -- 20th century World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania. World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American Armed Forces -- African American troops African American soldiers -- Social conditions African Americans -- Social conditions Military campaigns Military participation -- African American Social conditions Veterans -- Social conditions SUBJECT United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century Subject Oceania United States Genre/Form dictionaries. Dictionaries. Dictionnaires. Form Electronic book LC no. 2007052603 ISBN 9781421403090 1421403099

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