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Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first Black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone.

Author: Stone, Tanya Lee.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013.

Description147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 124-140) and index.

Note:Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II.



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