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The 758th Tank Battalion in World War II - The U.S. Army's First All African American Tank Unit

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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.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword First Sergeant William Holley (Field Artillery), USA (Ret.)

Foreword Captain Matt Hewett (Armor Branch), USA (Ret.)

Preface

¿1.¿The Shadow of Coming War

¿2.¿The Double V Campaign

¿3.¿The Lee Street Riot

¿4.¿Camp Claiborne

¿5.¿Camp Hood

¿6.¿Fort Huachuca

¿7.¿Return to Camp Hood

¿8.¿Camp Patrick Henry

¿9.¿Destination Mediterranean Theater of Operations

10.¿Battle Indoctrination at the Gothic Line

11.¿Probing the Gothic Line

12.¿February Offensive

13.¿Reorganization of the 92nd Infantry Division

14.¿Spring Offensive

15.¿Back to the Home Front

16.¿Whatever Happened to the 761st Tank Battalion?

17.¿Whatever Happened to the 784th Tank Battalion?

18.¿Legacy

Afterword First Sergeant Joseph E. Wilson, Sr., USA (Ret.)

Appendix: Tank Specifications Matt Hewett

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index


About the author

The son of a tanker in the 758th and 761st, Joe Wilson, Jr., is a systems accountant in Washington, D.C. He has also written for World War II magazine.

Product details

Authors Joe Wilson, Wilson Joe
Publisher Ingram Publishers Services
 
Languages English
Age Recommendation from age 18
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 24.04.2018
 
EAN 9781476669991
ISBN 978-1-4766-6999-1
No. of pages 214
Dimensions 178 mm x 254 mm x 11 mm
Weight 386 g
Illustrations Raster,schwarz-weiss
Subjects Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous

HISTORY / Military / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Tanks & military land vehicles, Land forces and warfare, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Military / Vehicles / Land, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces, Military vehicles and transport of air, land and sea, european theater

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