000343078 000__ 02261cam\a2200397\a\4500 000343078 001__ 343078 000343078 005__ 20210513124132.0 000343078 008__ 090819s2010\\\\enkaf\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000343078 010__ $$a 2009034079 000343078 019__ $$a503639170$$a567557223 000343078 020__ $$a9780195386554 (alk. paper) 000343078 020__ $$a0195386558 (alk. paper) 000343078 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn432443975 000343078 035__ $$a343078 000343078 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dIH7$$dJAI$$dUKM$$dCDX$$dYDXCP$$dORX$$dBWX$$dVUE$$dT7B 000343078 043__ $$an-us---$$ae------ 000343078 049__ $$aISEA 000343078 05000 $$aD790.252 332nd$$b.M69 2010 000343078 08200 $$a940.54/4973$$222 000343078 1001_ $$aMoye, J. Todd. 000343078 24510 $$aFreedom flyers :$$bthe Tuskegee Airmen of World War II /$$cJ. Todd Moye. 000343078 260__ $$aOxford ;$$aNew York :$$bOxford University Press,$$cc2010. 000343078 300__ $$avii, 241 p. [8] p. of plates :$$bill. ;$$c25 cm. 000343078 440_0 $$aOxford oral history series. 000343078 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000343078 5050_ $$aPrologue: This is where you sit -- The use of Negro manpower in war -- The Black Eagles take flight -- The experiment -- Combat on several fronts -- The trials of the 477th -- Integrating the Air Force -- Epilogue: Let's make it a holy crusade all around. 000343078 5200_ $$aAs the country's first African American military pilots, the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II on two fronts: against the Axis powers in the skies over Europe and against Jim Crow racism and segregation at home. Although the pilots flew more than 15,000 sorties and destroyed more than 200 German aircraft, their most far-reaching achievement defies quantification: delivering a powerful blow to racial inequality and discrimination in American life. 000343078 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bArmy Air Forces.$$bFighter Group, 332nd. 000343078 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bArmy Air Forces.$$bFighter Squadron, 99th. 000343078 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bArmy Air Forces.$$bComposite Group, 477th. 000343078 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bArmy Air Forces$$xAfrican American troops. 000343078 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xAerial operations, American. 000343078 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xRegimental histories$$zUnited States. 000343078 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xCampaigns$$zEurope. 000343078 650_0 $$aWorld War, 1939-1945$$xParticipation, African American. 000343078 650_0 $$aAfrican American air pilots$$xHistory. 000343078 85200 $$bgen$$hD790.252$$i332nd$$i.M69$$i2010 000343078 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:343078$$pGLOBAL_SET 000343078 980__ $$aBIB 000343078 980__ $$aBOOK