Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free : Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition.

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free : Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition.

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal sto...

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Author / Creator: Jefferson, Alexander.
Other Authors / Creators:Carlson, Lewis H.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Series:World War II: the Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension Ser.
Subjects:
Jefferson, Alexander, > 1921-
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Fighter Group, 332nd.
United States. > Army Air Forces. > Fighter Group, 332nd
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography.
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography.
African American fighter pilots > Biography.
African American fighter pilots
Fighter pilots
Military operations, Aerial > American
Military participation > African American
Prisoners of war
Germany
United States
Biographies
Personal narratives > American
Online Access:Click here for full text at JSTOR
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface to the Revised Edition; Alexander Jefferson Timeline; Introduction; 1. Detroit: The Formative Years; 2. Clark College; 3. The Making of a Tuskegee Airman; 4. Combat; 5. Captured!; 6. Stalag Luft III; 7. Stalag VIIA and Liberation; 8. Civilian!; Postscript; Appendix; Selected Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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