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Patton's Panthers

Author : Charles W. Sasser
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439103909
Total Pages : 542 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Patton's Panthers written by Charles W. Sasser and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-16 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the battlefields of World War II, the men of the African American 761st Tank Battalion under General Patton broke through enemy lines with the same courage with which they broke down the racist limitations set upon them by others—proving themselves as tough, reliable, and determined to fight as any tank unit in combat. Beginning in November 1944, the 761st Tank Battalion engaged the enemy for 183 straight days, spearheading many of General Patton's offensives at the Battle of the Bulge and in six European countries. No other unit fought for so long and so hard without respite. The 761st defeated more than 6,000 enemy soldiers, captured thirty towns, liberated Jews from concentration camps—and made history as the first African American armored unit to enter the war. This is the true story of the Black Panthers, who proudly lived up to their motto (Come Out Fighting) and paved the way for African Americans in the U.S. military—while battling against the skepticism and racism of the very people they fought for.

Patton's Panthers

Author : Charles W. Sasser
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Patton's Panthers written by Charles W. Sasser and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Patton's Panthers" tells the fascinating true story of the first African-American armored unit to enter combat for the U.S. Army.

The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II

Author : Joe Wilson
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786406678
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II written by Joe Wilson and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their motto was "Come Out Fighting," and that they did without fail. The 761st Tank Battalion - the famed "Black Panthers" - was the first African American armored unit to enter combat, and in World War II they fought in four major Allied campaigns and inflicted 130,000 casualties on the German army. And the fighting was intense - only one out of every two Black Panthers made it home alive. This is the complete history of the 761st, told in large part through the words of the surviving members of the unit. Richly illustrated, this work recounts how the unit was given long overdue recognition - the Presidential Unit Citation and the Medal of Honor - in recent years.

The Black Panthers at War: The 761st Tank Battalion and General Patton's Drive on Germany

Author : Gina M. Dinicolo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780966298673
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (986 download)

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Download or read book The Black Panthers at War: The 761st Tank Battalion and General Patton's Drive on Germany written by Gina M. Dinicolo and published by . This book was released on 2016-01-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the 761st Tank Battalion as well as political and social luminaries of the day. Led by a small cadre of white and black officers, the men trained to the pinnacle of their craft and soon earned its coveted assignment to serve under General George S. Patton to fight head-to-head with the best of Hitler's arsenal..

Eventide

Author : Kent Haruf
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 1400043018
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eventide written by Kent Haruf and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2004-05-04 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The award-winning, bestselling author of Plainsong returns to the high-plains town of Holt, Colorado, with a novel that unveils the immemorial truths about human beings: their fragility and resilience, their selfishness and goodness, and their ability to find family in one another. • "Storytelling at its best.” —Entertainment Weekly The aging McPheron brothers are learning to live without Victoria Roubideaux, the single mother they took in and who has now left their ranch to start college. A lonely young boy stoically cares for his grandfather while a disabled couple tries to protect their a violent relative. As these lives unfold and intersect, Eventide reveals Kent Haruf as a novelist of masterful authority. “Stunning.... The dry, cold air of Colorado's high plains seems to intensify the light Kent Haruf shines on every character in his masterful novel.... A book of hope, hope as plain and hard-won as Haruf's keenly styled prose.” —O, The Oprah Magazine

Soldiers of Freedom

Author : Samuel Marquis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781943593279
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers of Freedom written by Samuel Marquis and published by . This book was released on 2020-03 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Black Jack

Author : George Patton
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440136661
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Black Jack written by George Patton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-08 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The premiere African-American magician of the twentieth century, he was an ardent freedom fighter speaking out against the scourge of Jim Crow-ism and conducting Algonquin style roundtables in his Harlem abode circa 1920's. Intriguingly, he warned people against banks and stocks before the advent of the Great Depression. He continued to entertain and enlighten throughout the crisis that followed. That is, until his mysterious death on stage in April 1934."--Back cover.

Patton's Vanguard

Author : Don M. Fox
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786455160
Total Pages : 497 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Patton's Vanguard written by Don M. Fox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stirring accounts of the almost legendary campaigns of the United States Fourth Armored Division, universally recognized as "Patton's Best," from its pre-World War II origins up through its famous relief of the 101st Airborne Division during the Battle of the Bulge are presented in this book. The break out of Normandy at Avranches, the isolation of the Brittany peninsula, the armored thrust across France, the tank battles at Arracourt that cemented the reputation of the Fourth Armored, the brutal struggle in Lorraine, and, ultimately, the legendary drive to Bastogne are among the topics. The accounts were assembled through the use of original unit combat diaries and after-action reports, memoirs of key historical figures and abundant supplementary documents and correspondences. But the essence of the book are the first-hand recollections from members of the division gathered by the author. With maps, drawings and photographs.

Panther vs Sherman

Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 184603776X
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Panther vs Sherman written by Steven J. Zaloga and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book Steven J Zaloga offers a fascinating comparison between the two most important tanks involved in the crucial fighting of 1944, the American Sherman and the German Panther. Placing the reader in the heart of this battle between quality and quantity Zaloga uses a compelling account of the ferocious fighting during the Battle of the Bulge to explain the successes and failures of each tank, highlighting the fact that a tank can only be as good as its crew, weighing up the impact of low morale, high cost and mediocre crew training on the Panther's superiority. With full-colour battlescenes, technical drawings, photographs, digital gunsight views, extracts from crew training manuals and real combat reports, this book brings the titanic battles between the Panther and Sherman to life.

The Black Panthers

Author : Gina M. DiNicolo
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781594162817
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book The Black Panthers written by Gina M. DiNicolo and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Black Panthers: A Story of Race, War, and Courage : the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II, historian Gina M. DiNicolo tells the full and unvarnished history of this important American fighting force.

The 758th Tank Battalion in World War II

Author : Joe Wilson, Jr.
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476629447
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book The 758th Tank Battalion in World War II written by Joe Wilson, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1941, the U.S. Army activated the 758th Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit. By December 1944 they were fighting the Axis in Northern Italy, from the Ligurian Sea through the Po Valley and into the Apennine Mountains, where they helped breach the Gothic Line--the Germans' last major defensive line of the Italian Campaign. After the war the 758th was deactivated but was reformed as the 64th Tank Battalion, keeping their distinguished insignia, a tusked elephant head over the motto "We Pierce." They entered the Korean War still segregated but returned fully integrated (though discrimination continued internally). Through the years, they fought with almost every American tank--the Stuart, the Sherman, the Pershing, the Patton and today's Abrams. Victorious over two fascist (and racist) regimes, many black servicemen returned home to what they hoped would be a more tolerant nation. Most were bitterly disappointed--segregation was still the law of the land. For many, disappointment became a determination to fight discrimination with the same resolve that had defeated the Axis.

Patton's Prayer

Author : Alex Kershaw
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593183770
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Patton's Prayer written by Alex Kershaw and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-05-21 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Alex Kershaw, author of the New York Times bestseller Against All Odds, comes an epic story of courage, resilience, and faith during the Second World War General George Patton needed a miracle. In December 1944, the Allies found themselves stuck. Rain had plagued the troops daily since September, turning roads into rivers of muck, slowing trucks and tanks to a crawl. A thick ceiling of clouds had grounded American warplanes, allowing the Germans to reinforce. The sprint to Berlin had become a muddy, bloody stalemate, costing thousands of American lives. Patton seethed, desperate for some change, any change, in the weather. A devout Christian, he telephoned his head chaplain. “Do you have a good prayer for the weather?” he asked. The resulting prayer was soon printed and distributed to the 250,000 men under Patton’s command. “Pray when driving,” the men were told. “Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for Battle. . . . Pray for victory. . . . Pray for Peace.” Then came the Battle of the Bulge. Amid frigid temperatures and heavy snow, 200,000 German troops overwhelmed the meager American lines in Belgium’s Ardennes Forest, massacring thousands of soldiers as the attack converged on a vital crossroads town called Bastogne. There, the 101st Airborne was dug in, but the enemy were lurking, hidden in the thick blanket of fog that seemed to never dissipate. A hundred miles of frozen roads to the south, Patton needed an answer to his prayer, fast, before it was too late.

Final Battles of Patton's Vanguard

Author : Don M. Fox
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476680094
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Final Battles of Patton's Vanguard written by Don M. Fox and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By January 1945, Nazi Germany's defeat seemed inevitable yet much fighting remained. The shortest way home for American troops was towards Berlin. General George S. Patton's Third Army would carve its way into the German heartland, the Fourth Armored Division once again serving as his vanguard. This companion volume to the author's Patton's Vanguard: The United States Army Fourth Armored Division covers the final months of combat: the drive to Bitburg; the daring exploitation of the bridgeheads on the Moselle, Rhine and Main Rivers; Patton's ill-fated raid to rescue his son-in-law from a prisoner of war camp deep behind enemy lines; the first liberation of a concentration camp on the Western Front; the drive toward Chemnitz; the controversial push into Czechoslovakia; and the little-known encounter with General Andrey Vlasov's turncoat Russian Liberation Army.

Brothers in Arms

Author : Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780739312063
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Brothers in Arms written by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Blood for Dignity

Author : David P. Colley
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312325800
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (258 download)

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Download or read book Blood for Dignity written by David P. Colley and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-02-04 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The integration of black platoons in 1945 represents the first time since the American Revolution that African American soldiers were integrated into white combat units. The experiences of these soldiers were truly radical and a harbinger of things to come. Clearly, these black infantrymen planted the seeds of integration in the army--and the nation. Blood for Dignity tells the story of these soldiers through the eyes of 5th platoon, K Company, 394th Regiment, 99th Division--the first integrated combat unit since the Revolutionary War. These men were involved in heavy combat at the Remagen Bridgehead and several other critical junctures as they drove back the German army. The performance of these men laid to rest the accepted white attitude of a century and a half that blacks were cowardly and inferior fighters. In fact, they proved to be just the opposite. Author David Colley interviewed many of the members of the 99th. Their accounts along with years of reseach paint a gripping, combat-heavy portrait of young men fighting together for their nation. For as they will tell you, in combat situations, prejudice and the color line disappears.

Soul Patrol

Author : Ed Emanuel
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0307416712
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Soul Patrol written by Ed Emanuel and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2007-12-18 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LRRPs had to be the best. Anything less meant certain death. When Ed Emanuel was handpicked for the first African American special operations LRRP team in Vietnam, he knew his six-man team couldn’t have asked for a tougher proving ground than Cu Chi in the summer of 196868. Home to the largest Viet cong tunnel complex in Vietnam, Cu Chi was the deadly heart of the enemy’s stronghold in Tay Ninh Province. Team 2/6 of Company F, 51st Infantry, was quickly dubbed the Soul Patrol, a gimmicky label that belied the true depth of their courage. Stark and compelling, Emanuel’s account provides an unforgettable look at the horror and the heroism that became the daily fare of LRRPs in Vietnam. Every mission was a tightrope walk between life and death as Emanuel’s team penetrated NVA bases, sidestepped lethal booby traps, or found themselves ambushed and forced to fight their way back to the LZ to survive. Emanuel’s gripping memoir is an enduring testament to the valor of all American LRRPs, who courageously risked their lives so that others might be free.

Fighting Patton

Author : Harry Yeide
Publisher : Zenith Press
ISBN 13 : 0760345929
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Fighting Patton written by Harry Yeide and published by Zenith Press. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVIn Fighting Patton, noted historian Harry Yeide is the first to examine legendary U.S. General George S. Patton Jr. through the eyes of his enemies: the opposing German commanders of WWII./div