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Forgotten : the untold story of D-Day's Black heroes, at home and at war /

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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 awa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hervieux, Linda (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Antiaircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion, 320th > History.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France > Normandy.
World War, 1939-1945 > Balloons > United States.
African American soldiers > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Author's note
  • War brewing
  • Too dumb to fight
  • "This is a white man's country"
  • Sentinels of the sky
  • "We were like little dogs"
  • Last stop, U.S.A.
  • A taste of freedom
  • The greatest hour
  • Forgotten
  • Epilogue.