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Ask & Tell: Gay and Lesbian Veterans Speak Out by Steve Estes Publisher Comments Don't Ask, Don't Tell was the directive of President Clinton's 1993 military policy regarding gay and lesbian soldiers. This volume recovers the lost voices of those who served in silence, offering a rich chronicle of the history of gay and lesbian... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $13.97 Sale - Hardcover 
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Buffalo Soldiers: African American Troops in the US Forces 1866-1945 by Ron Field Publisher Comments The first regular army regiments of African Americans were authorized by Congress in July 1866, and African American soldiers have played an important role in the conflicts of their country ever since. These brave men fought not only tirelessly against... (read more) Your price: $25.95 New - Hardcover
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My American Journey by Colin Powell Publisher Comments "A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK." --The New York Times Book Review Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $2.83 Used - Hardcover
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Warriors: Navajo Code Talkers by Kanji Kawano Publisher Comments The American offensive in the Pacific during World War II (was) hampered by the Japanese ability to crack the most secret U.S. Codes. Navajo was virtually unknown outside the reservations, ... and (their) code proved uncrackable. Kenji Kawano's striking... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $8.21 Used - Trade Paper
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Blue Skies, Black Wings: African American Pioneers of Aviation by Samuel L. Broadnax Publisher Comments At the age of seventeen, Samuel L. Broadnax, enamored with flying, enlisted and trained as a pilot at the Tuskegee Army Air Base. Although he left the Air Corps at the end of the Second World War, his experiences inspired him to talk with other pilots... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Tuskegee Airmen, Alabama : Images of America Series (98 Edition) by Lynn M. Homan Publisher Comments In 1941, Tuskegee, Alabama, was selected as the site of an important new development in military training. For the first time, black Americans were to be allowed to serve their country as members of the United States Army Air Corps. During its five-year... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $12.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Nancy Love and the WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II by Sarah Byrn Rickman Book News Annotation Rickman, a former journalist and newspaper editor, was compelled to write the biography of aviatrix Nancy Love after completing her last book, The Originals: The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II. Love was an aviation pioneer who... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Sale - Hardcover
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A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman by Charles W Dryden Publisher Comments How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $24.95 Used - Hardcover
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Women in the Military: Flirting With Disaster by Brian Mitchell Publisher Comments From today's sex-scandal headlines to tomorrow's battlefield disasters.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $6.80 Used - Hardcover
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Footsteps of David: Common Roots, Uncommon Valor by Howard J Leavitt Publisher Comments While Jewish-Americans have been in the forefront of history since the inception of the Republic, little is known about Jews in the military. This book contains dozens of stories of Jewish GI's.... (read more) List Price $30.75 Your price: $27.95 New - Trade Paper
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Fighting in the Jim Crow Army: Black Men and Women Remember World War II by Maggi M Morehouse Synopsis The voices throughout this book offer a glimpse into the mostly unknown story of two African American combat divisions as they experienced military service during World War II. The soldiers of the 92nd and 93rd Infantry Divisions speak of segregation in... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $9.77 Sale - Trade Paper
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Inman's War: A Soldier's Story of Life in a Colored Battalion in WWII by Jeffrey S Copeland Book News Annotation At a flea market in the fall of 2002, English professor Jeffrey S. Copeland (U. of Northern Iowa) acquired a suitcase full of old letters. These were later revealed to be the correspondence between Sgt. Inman Perkins--who was serving in a "Colored... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.96 Used - Trade Paper
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First Class: Women Join the Ranks at the Naval Academy (Bluejacket Books) by Sharon Hanle Disher Publisher Comments One of the trailblazing women in the Class of 1980 presents a dramatic and some-times disturbing novel about female midshipmen.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History by William E Griggs Publisher Comments The 97th Army Corps Engineers, an African American unit, worked extensively on completing the Alaska/ Canadian Highway, but the corps' substantial role in this project to defend North America from Japanese attack during World War II has received only... (read more) List Price $62.75 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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Fire on the Beach: Recovering the Lost Story of Richard Etheridge and the Pea Island Lifesavers by David Wright Publisher Comments Fire on the Beach recovers the heroic, long-forgotten story of the only all-black crew in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard. In 1871 the Life-Saving Service, the precursor to the Coast Guard, was created by Congress to assure the safe passage of... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth about an American Hero by Allene G. Carter and Robert L. Allen Publisher Comments Allene Carter's father-in-law was a decorated veteran. Yet it was not until the Carter family received a call from the White House that she discovered he was a heroic force in the Rhineland campaign. President Clinton awarded the Medal of Honor to... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price: $2.90 Used - Trade Paper
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The Road to Victory: The Untold Story of Race and World War II's Red Ball Express by David P Colley Publisher Comments The first full-length book about the unheralded trucking system, manned mostly by African Americans, that helped defeat the Germans.... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $5.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Right to Fight: A History of African American in the Military by Gerald Astor Publisher Comments From the birth of the United States, African American men and women have fought and died in defense of a nation that has often denied them many fundamental rights of citizenship. Now Gerald Astor has chronicled their efforts and accomplishments in this... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price: $5.75 Used - Trade Paper
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Negro's Civil War (91 Edition) by Jemes M. Mcpherson Publisher Comments Ground-breaking in both technique and in the facts and attitudes it uncovers, The Negro's Civil War offers a much-needed reassessment of our nation's bloodiest conflict from the perspective of those who had most at stake. For anyone concerned with the... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul Jabbar Publisher Comments A powerful wartime saga in the bestselling tradition of Flags of Our Fathers, Brothers in Arms recounts the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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