The Freeman Field Mutiny
Author: James C. Warren (Lt. Col.)
Publisher: Conyers Publishing Company
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
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Troubled Water
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2009-09-15
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 0230100546
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe gripping account of the riot aboard the USS Kitty Hawk—and the first mutiny in U.S. Naval history In 1972, the United States was embroiled in an unpopular war in Vietnam, and the USS Kitty Hawk was headed to her station in the Gulf of Tonkin. Its five thousand men, cooped up for the longest at-sea tour of the war, rioted--or, as Troubled Water suggests, mutinied. Disturbingly, the lines were drawn racially, black against white. By the time order was restored, careers were in tatters. Although the incident became a turning point for race relations in the Navy, this story remained buried within U.S. Navy archives for decades. With action pulled straight from a high-seas thriller, Gregory A. Freeman uses eyewitness accounts and a careful and unprecedented examination of the navy's records to refute the official story of the incident, make a convincing case for the U.S. navy's first mutiny, and shed new light on this seminal event in American history.
The Freeman Field Photograph
Author: Bryan Avery
Publisher: Spork
Published: 2021-04-06
Total Pages: 32
ISBN-13: 9781950169450
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the Freeman Field Photograph, Sidney fears she may never see her Daddy again. Her father, a Tuskegee Airman, has been arrested for protesting segregation at Freeman Army Airfield. Proud, but sad, Sidney seeks one last photograph of her father, setting off to find the one man she believes can help. Set during the 1945 Freeman Field incident, this story encourages readers to stand up for themselves and for what they believe and shows how something small (like a photograph) can make a big difference.
The Freeman Field Mutiny
Author: James C. Warren
Publisher:
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 206
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Air Force Integrates 1945-1964
Author: Alan L. Gropman
Publisher: University Press of the Pacific
Published: 2002-02
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780898757521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocumenting the racial integration of the Air Force from the end of World War II to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, retired Air Force colonel Alan L. Gropman contends that the service desegregated itself not for moral or political reasons but to improve military effectiveness. First published in 1977, this second edition charts policy changes to date. 31 photos.
Cross Channel Attack
Author: Gordon A. Harrison
Publisher: BDD Promotional Books Company
Published: 1993-12
Total Pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780792458562
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscusses the Allied invasion of Normandy, with extensive details about the planning stage, called Operation Overlord, as well as the fighting on Utah and Omaha Beaches.
A-Train
Author: Charles W. Dryden
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2002-06-25
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 0817312668
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe autobiography of a black American graduate of Tuskegee Army Flying School who served as a pilot in the 99th Pursuit Squadron, offering a personal account of what it was like to be a black pilot in WWII and the Korean War. For general readers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Blue Skies, Black Wings
Author: Samuel L. Broadnax
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2007-01-30
Total Pages: 216
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChronicles the history of African-Americans in aviation, from Charles Wesley Peters who flew his own plane in 1911 to the 1945 Freeman Field mutiny against segregationist policies in the Air Corps.
The Gathering Wind
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013-10-29
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1101635185
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOctober 2012. A replica of the famous HMS Bounty, an eighteenth-century tall sailing ship, set a collision course with a storm that became the largest hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic—a clash that proved to be one of the most unforgettable stories of Superstorm Sandy. The Bounty, crewed by an eclectic team of seafarers and led by highly respected captain Robin Walbridge, departed from Connecticut as Sandy raced north. Walbridge, whose decisions decided the fate of his ship and crew, attempted to outmaneuver the storm by heading southeast. As violent gusts tossed the wooden vessel, the crew fought to save their ship—and themselves. When the storm finally overtook the ship, the crew was tossed into the churning sea. The men and women of a Coast Guard station in North Carolina courageously flew into hundred-mile-per-hour winds to rescue the survivors of the Bounty. After hours of white-knuckle flying, they accomplished one of their most memorable rescues ever. Based on interviews with Bounty survivors and unfettered access to Coast Guard rescue team members, The Gathering Wind is the most complete account of this heartbreaking, thrilling, and inspirational story. INCLUDES PHOTOS
The Forgotten 500
Author: Gregory A. Freeman
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2008-09-02
Total Pages: 336
ISBN-13: 1101032340
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe astonishing, never before told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War II—when the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia... During a bombing campaign over Romanian oil fields, hundreds of American airmen were shot down in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia. Local Serbian farmers and peasants risked their own lives to give refuge to the soldiers while they waited for rescue, and in 1944, Operation Halyard was born. The risks were incredible. The starving Americans in Yugoslavia had to construct a landing strip large enough for C-47 cargo planes—without tools, without alerting the Germans, and without endangering the villagers. And the cargo planes had to make it through enemy airspace and back—without getting shot down themselves. Classified for over half a century for political reasons, the full account of this unforgettable story of loyalty, self-sacrifice, and bravery is now being told for the first time ever. The Forgotten 500 is the gripping, behind-the-scenes look at the greatest escape of World War II. “Amazing [and] riveting.”—James Bradley, New York Times bestselling author of Flags of Our Fathers
