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Informationen zum Autor Stephen L. Harris is the author of Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York’s Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (Brassey’s, Inc., 2001), Harlem’s Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I (Brassey’s, Inc., 2003), and Duffy's War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I (Potomac Books, 2006). He lives in Weybridge, Vermont. Klappentext The story of the first Allied unit to reach the Rhine during World War I Zusammenfassung When the United States entered World War I in 1917! thousands of African-American men volunteered to fight for a country that granted them only limited civil rights. Many from New York City joined the 15th N.Y. Infantry! a National Guard regiment later designated the 369th U.S. Infantry. Inhaltsverzeichnis List Of IllustrationsForeword by Rod PaschallPrefacePrologue: Strength of The Nation1. "We Have The Regiment"2. Pancho Villa Rides To The Rescue3. "The Color Line Will Not Be Drawn In His Regiment"4. The Man Who Stood For Something5. The Honor Of The State6. "I Will Startle The World"7. "Black Is Not A Color of The Rainbow"8. "Color, Blood, And Suffering Have Made Us One"9. "The Man Has Kicked Us Right To France"10. "Landed At Brest, Right Side Up!"11. "This Pick And Shovel Work"12. Ragtime In France13. "God Damn, Le's Go!14. "He Can Go Some!"15. "I Wish I Had A Brigade, Yes, A Division"16. "There Was Nothing Between The German Army And Paris Except My Regiment"17. "Lieutenant, You Shot Me! You Shot A Good Man!"18. "Shell-Shocked, Gassed, Sunk To The Verge Of Delirium"Epilogue: All Suns Had Gone DownNotesBibliographyIndexAbout The Author
About the author
Stephen L. Harris is the author of Duty, Honor, Privilege: New York’s Silk Stocking Regiment and the Breaking of the Hindenburg Line (Brassey’s, Inc., 2001), Harlem’s Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I (Brassey’s, Inc., 2003), and Duffy's War: Fr. Francis Duffy, Wild Bill Donovan, and the Irish Fighting 69th in World War I (Potomac Books, 2006). He lives in Weybridge, Vermont.
