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# Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers (Junior Library Guild Selection)

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- **What is this?** Courage Has No Color, The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers (Junior Library Guild Selection) by tanya lee stone
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## Customer Reviews

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    'Courage Has No Color' belongs on your bookshelf
  

*by M***N on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 23, 2014*

History, perhaps more than any other subject taught in our public schools, is subject to the whims of politicians and bureaucrats who, sadly, base far too many of their decisions about what students will learn on their personal racial and gender biases.As a public school student in the 1950s and 1960s, for example, I learned about white soldiers who fought against the Axis Powers during World War II.I learned their names and studied their exploits.It wasn't until much later, long after I had graduated from high school, that I learned about the exploits of the Tuskegee Airmen, African-American pilots and air crews who were members of the 332nd Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group. They compiled an amazing combat record during World War II but I was denied the opportunity to know about them while attending public schools in Connecticut, New York and Ohio. Their contributions were not taught in my classes; there were no books about them in the libraries of the schools I attended.It was later still that I learned about the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit composed of Japanese-Americans who fought heroically in Europe, receiving more medals for bravery under fire than ANY other U.S. unit.And it wasn't until I recently purchased and read 'Courage Has No Color' that I learned about the first all-black paratroop battalion in World War II.The 555th Parachute Battalion was denied the opportunity to do battle in Europe or the Pacific because some of the most revered names in American military history - including Douglas MacArthur and George C. Marshall - were unwilling to send them into combat.Instead, the Triple Nickles trained hard and were ready to fight, only to be shunted aside by a white power structure that considered them unfit for combat duty based solely upon the color of their skin.That did not mean, however, that they did not contribute to the war effort.Unlike most paratroopers, who seldom make jumps in combat, the 555th recorded 1,200 jumps into hostile environments.Not against enemy troops.Against forest fires.Author Tanya Lee Stone has done a wonderful job in helping to bring to light the story of this pioneering unit that showed the white establishment that men of color could meet, and exceed, the military's exacting standards.Written in clear, straightforward language, this is a book that's designed for young people but, as someone who is well into his 60s, I must say that I would recommend it to anyone of any age who is truly interested in the history of the United States and its military.And that includes those elected officials and bureaucrats at both local and state levels who perpetuate the mindless racism that keeps American students from learning about ALL the people of the United States and the contributions that they have made to this country.

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    Inspiring men that made huge sacrifices and never truly given credit until the last several  years.
  

*by D***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 19, 2022*

This book tells a long overdue section of history not shared very much until recently. The Triple Nickels had courage in the air, on the ground, and in the communities they visited. In spite of the courageous service they provided, because they were black they were given no gratitude for their heroic acts as smoke jumpers. A little too late, but at least now told, this story sheds light on how racial injustice towards  black men in the army occurred even by those whose lives were spared by their missions.

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    Quick read nice to read about the “Triple Nickels”
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 10, 2020*

Kindle format book was good but short.  Learned some new things about the war.  Good to understand and know the spirit of the black men training to be paratroopers.  It’s a shame what they any many other black men and women in the military had to and still have to go through.  Quick read you will enjoy.

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