When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II
Now in Paperback Some 6,500 black women volunteered to serve in the segregrated U.S. military during World War II. Data to tell the story of these women came from many sources, including archival records, manuscripts, documents, contemporary newspaper accounts and interviews, statements, and the personal files of those who served. With photographs, illustrations, tables, and a bibliography.
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When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II
Now in Paperback Some 6,500 black women volunteered to serve in the segregrated U.S. military during World War II. Data to tell the story of these women came from many sources, including archival records, manuscripts, documents, contemporary newspaper accounts and interviews, statements, and the personal files of those who served. With photographs, illustrations, tables, and a bibliography.
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When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II

When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II

by Martha S. Putney
When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II

When the Nation was in Need: Blacks in the Women's Army Corps During World War II

by Martha S. Putney

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Now in Paperback Some 6,500 black women volunteered to serve in the segregrated U.S. military during World War II. Data to tell the story of these women came from many sources, including archival records, manuscripts, documents, contemporary newspaper accounts and interviews, statements, and the personal files of those who served. With photographs, illustrations, tables, and a bibliography.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780810840171
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 01/01/1992
Pages: 245
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.80(d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface
Chapter 2 Blacks at Women's Army Corps Training Centers
Chapter 3 Recruitment
Chapter 4 Segregation
Chapter 5 Black Units and Field Assignments
Chapter 6 Notes and Reflections
Chapter 7 Epilogue

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