Soaring to glory : a Tuskegee airman's firsthand account of World War II /

He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at five thousand feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Handleman, Philip (Author), Stewart, Harry T., Jr., Lt. Col. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Regnery History, [2019]
Subjects:	Stewart, Harry T., > Jr., > Lt. Col. United States. > Army Air Forces. > Fighter Group, 332nd. United States. > Army Air Forces > African American troops. World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American. African American air pilots > Biography. World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American. Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)

Table of Contents:

Dogfight
"The Guts to Fly This Thing"
The Sky Beckons
Aiming High
Saving the Experiment
Trains before Planes
The Quest for Silver Wings
"Your Friends of the 332nd Fighter Group"
"A Sight to Behold!"
Showdown at Five Thousand Feet
At the Mercy of the Winds of Fate
The Best of the Best
Harry Truman Keeps His Promise
A Dream Deferred
An Everlasting Beacon
A Grateful Nation
Keeping the Dream Alive
Affirming the Legacy.