| International Standard Book Number |
9781496750778 (hardcover)
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| International Standard Book Number |
1496750772 (hardcover)
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| Personal Name |
Thompson, Cheryl W., author.
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| Title Statement |
Forgotten souls : the search for the lost Tuskegee Airmen / Cheryl W. Thompson.
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| Edition Statement |
First Kensington hardcover edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Dafina, an imprint of Kensington Publishing, 2026.
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| Physical Description |
xxvi, 211 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
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| General Note |
Subtitle from cover.
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
Prologue -- Making history -- Same old, same old -- Are you my brother? -- Lost forever -- Cruel fate -- Forgotten souls -- Together til' the end -- The others -- Plane troubles -- We found him? -- Life after death -- Epilogue -- The forgotten souls -- Acknowledgments -- Endnotes (pages 177-196) -- Index.
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| Summary, Etc. |
In 1945, World War II ended one of the deadliest conflicts in history. Geared for battle were nearly 1,000 trailblazing Black pilots trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field, an unrepentantly segregated facility in Alabama. Hailing from the Iowa cornfields to the Texas Gulf Coast to the tobacco plantations of North Carolina, the Tuskegee Airmen already proved, under the toughest circumstances, to be among the most resilient and defiantly patriotic men of the Army Air Corps. 27 of them disappeared during the final critical missions in Europe. So, too, would the government’s efforts to find them or help to bring closure to the loved ones that the valiant 332nd Fighter Group left behind. In Forgotten Souls, award-winning investigative journalist Cheryl W. Thompson delves into the true stories of the Black combat pilots who faced unimaginable racism -- before, during and after the war -- from a military that told them they were less than, even as their courage and aviation prowess saved scores of White brothers-in-arms from the enemy and possibly death. As cruel as war itself could be, the friends, family, communities and fellow Tuskegee Airmen who mourned the lost pilots never imagined how unforgivable it could get. After 80 years, Forgotten Souls honors the impact they made, and the sacrifices they endured on America’s behalf.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
United States. Air Force African Americans History.
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| Subject-Corporate Name |
United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group, 332nd History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Participation, African American.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Air pilots, Military History. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Air pilots, Military History. Alabama Tuskegee
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
African American air pilots History.
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Fighter pilots History. United States
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
World War, 1939-1945 Missing in action.
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Informational works.
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