Red Tail captured, Red Tail free : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW /

Red Tail captured, Red Tail free : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Jefferson, Alexander, 1921- author.
Edition:	Revised edition.
Imprint:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2017.
Description:	xxv, 170 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	World War II: the global, human, and ethical dimension World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
Subject:	Jefferson, Alexander, -- 1921- Jefferson, Alexander, -- 1921- United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Fighter Group, 332nd. United States. -- Army Air Forces. -- Fighter Group, 332nd. World War (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. Biography. Personal narratives -- American.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11319456

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Other authors / contributors:	Carlson, Lewis H.
ISBN:	9780823274383 (cloth : alk. paper) 0823274381 (cloth : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index.
Summary:	"[This book] 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 story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson's continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. [This book] is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp."--Amazon.com.
Standard no.:	40027329096

Table of 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