dizzydayz Store Amazon.com Review Baseball aficionados know John B. Holway as author of books about the Negro Leaguesthat rescued from obscurity many of the great black players who couldnot play in the segregated ranks of major league baseball. Here, Holwaysets his sights on another group of heroes: the men of the "Tuskegeeexperiment"--the effort to train black pilots during World War II. Manywhite officers believed the experiment would be a failure becauseblacks did not have the skills necessary to become pilots. But theTuskegee Airmen proved them wrong, and black pilots--in particularthose of the 332nd Squadron (the Red Tails of the title)--establishedstellar records in combat. Holway quotes copiously from his interviewswith black airmen, and the result is a stunning record of the heroismof black men in all but impossible circumstances. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Library Journal In this history ofblack aviation in America from 1911 to the Vietnam War, thoughconcentrating on World War II and the Tuskegee airmen, Holway (Josh andSatch, Carroll & Graf, 1992) interviewed members of the 99thFighter Squadron. They tell their stories of what they endured tobecome military pilots. The Red Tails, as the 99th was known, paintedthe tails of their planes red so that anyone who saw them would knowwho they were. Because the 99th never lost a bomber they were escortingto enemy aircraft, bomber crews who saw the Red Tails knew they had agood chance of getting home. Although the record of the 99th wasoutstanding, it was hidden by the prejudice of the time. Told from thepoint of view of one Tuskegee airman, Charles W. Dryden's A-Train (LJ1/97) is a more interesting story, though Holway's work as a collectivebiography is an important addition to any African American historyand/or military studies collection.?Terry L. Wirick, Erie Cty. Lib.System, Pa.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Review "Red Tails, Black Wings" is a highlyrecommended addition to Black Studies and Military Studies readinglists and history collections. -- The Midwest Book Review, 6-20-97"RedTails, Black Wings" is a highly recommended addition to Black Studiesand Military Studies reading lists and history collections. -- The Midwest Book Review, 6-20-97 Product Description They simultaneouslyfought two wars--and won both. In 1942, as the United States enteredWorld War II, Hitler ruled the skies in Europe and Jim Crow ruled theskies in the United States. Thecream of black youth poured into Tuskegee, Alabama in the early 1940swhen the Army Air Force reluctantly opened pilot training to blacks.They became the "Tuskegee Experiment;" an experiment that was supposedto fail. It didn't. Because of their desire to fly and thedetermination of a few white officers who believed in them, theydisproved the myths about blacks' ability to fly. Overcoming theobstacles raised by white officers vehemently opposed to theexperiment, they succeeded. The first squadron, the 99th, underthe leadership of LTC B.O. Davis, Jr. arrived in North Africa aftermonths of languishing in the United States awaiting assignment. Inspite of the menial tasks they were given, they proved themselves incombat. As more pilots arrived, they formed their own group,the 332nd, and became a part of the newly created 15th AAF. Fate nowfavored them. With the decision to begin daylight bombing over CentralEurope, the men of the 332nd--the 'Red Tails'--were assigned escortduty for the B-17s and B-24s undertaking those bomb runs. Shepherdingtheir 'babies' on those long, perilous journeys from Italy to CentralEurope and back, they earned the reputation of never losing to enemyaircraft a bomber they escorted. Thus began the 'Red Tail' legend. -PLEASE SEE PICTUREWE GLADLY COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE productS.paypal OnlyPLEASE ask all questions BEFORE you place a buy. When you receive the item,and are satisfied with our product or service,will you please take a minute to leave us a positive feedback with an overall Detailed Selling Rating (DSR) of 5, which means a lot in our future eCRATER undertakings, your recognition is our motivation in developing our business to serve you better. NOTE: Ratings below 5 may lead us to a bad standing situation. If you are unsatisfied with the items or service and plan to give us a neutral/negative feedback, or less than a 5 star dsr rating, please write to us immediately. We will do our best to resolve your problem in the shortest possible time.PLEASE submit your payment within 3 days of the close of product.All Sales Final
