Download or read book American Patriots written by Gail Lumet Buckley and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2002-05-14 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic and moving tribute to the military’s unsung heroes, American Patriots tells the story of the black servicemen and women who defended American ideals on the battlefield, even as they faced racism in the ranks and segregation on the home front. Through hundreds of original interviews with veterans of every war since World War I, historic accounts, and photographs, Gail Buckley brings these heroes and their struggles to life. We meet Henry O. Flipper, who withstood silent treatment from his classmates to become the first black graduate of West Point in 1877. And World War II infantry medic Bruce M. Wright, who crawled through a minefield to shield a fallen soldier during an attack. Finally, we meet a young soldier in Vietnam, Colin Powell, who rose through the ranks to become, during the Gulf War, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fourteen years in the making, American Patriots is a landmark chronicle of the brave men and women whose courage and determination changed the course of American history.
Download or read book Skin in the Game written by Major General Ret. Dennis Laich and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Major General Dennis Laich is a citizen, a soldier, and a patriot. In Skin in the Game, he invites Americans to reflect on this very hard truth: the all-volunteer force is a bad bargain. Basic US military policy needs changing. Here is an essential guide on where to begin." --Andrew J. Bacevich, author of Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country Major General Dennis Laich makes a compelling case that the all-volunteer force no longer works in a world defined by terrorism, high debts, and widening class differences. He sets up his argument by posing three fundamental questions: Is the all-volunteer force working? Will it work in the future? What if we had a war and no one showed up on our side? The answers to these questions become all too clear once you learn that less than one percent of US citizens have served in the military over the last twelve years--even though we've been fighting wars the entire time. What's more, most of that one percent comes from poor and middle-class families, which poses numerous questions about social justice. This one percent--the ones that survive--will bear the scars of their service for the rest of their lives, while the wealthy and well-connected sit at home. Fortunately, there are alternatives that could provide the manpower to support national security, close the civil-military gap, and save taxpayers billions of dollars per year. It's possible to fight for what's right while ensuring a bright future, Laich offers a wake-up call that a debt-burdened nation in a dangerous world cannot afford to ignore.
Download or read book Patriots of Color written by George Quintal Jr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Patriots of Color: 'A Peculiar Beauty and Merit', African Americans and Native Americans at Battle Road and Bunker Hill Every once in a while a piece of scholarship comes along that changes the way you look at a historical event. The prevailing wisdom about the Battle of Bunker Hill is that only a handful of African American soldiers were there. After almost three years of research George Quintal reports that there very likely were 103 patriots of color at Bunker Hill (and may have been as many as If there were as many as 3000 American soldiers at that Battle, this would mean that men of color might have been five percent of the total, which makes the percentage almost as high as at the Battle of Monmouth, New Jersey, when an estimated 800 men of color were seven per cent of a likely army of soldiers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Patriots of the American Revolution written by William Edmunds Claussen and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War written by New Jersey. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lives of Patriots and Heroes Distinguished in the Battles for American Freedom written by John Stilwell Jenkins and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soldiers and Martyrs written by Geoff Baggett and published by . This book was released on 2017-12 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walter Billingsley's entire life changed on a dark, violent night in the spring of 1776. At the tender age of fifteen, he witnessed and experienced unspeakable acts of terror against his family, perpetrated by militants loyal to the British Crown. The horrors of that unforgettable night launched this innocent Colonial lad on a determined course toward service in the rebellion known as the American Revolution. Five horrendous years of suffering, privation, violence, loss, and war molded the North Carolina lad into a battle-hardened, bitter, and angry young man. He became disheartened, despondent, and vengeful. Walter grew to hate the world around him, so he departed all that was familiar to him and set out in search of a new life in the raw, unspoiled mountains of the western frontier. Would Walter ever feel peace and forgiveness in his heart again? Or, would he carry his painful scars of violence and rage to his grave? Soldiers and Martyrs is the story of an unlikely Patriot who left his farm and home in North Carolina to become a man, fight for his loved ones, and help earn freedom for the United States of America.
Download or read book Two Kinds of Patriots written by Lucy Jane Bledsoe and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his farm is raided by Redcoats, Hank Roberts joins the Continental Army.
Download or read book Unsung Patriots written by Eugene DeFriest Bétit and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African American soldiers have made significant contributions to defending their country in every war throughout American history. The story of their service is vital not only for military history, but for all of American history. And Gene Betit does it careful, exciting justice in Unsung Patriots.
Download or read book Unsung Patriots written by Eugene DeFriest Bétit and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s one of the last overlooked parts of American military history: the significant role African Americans played in the wars of America. Their story is more than just the 54th Massachusetts in the Civil War, more than just a tank battalion in World War II: African Americans contributed to every war in American history. Gene Bétit tells this important story with verve and gusto, as well as respect. By their brave deeds, African Americans have secured a place in American military history, and Bétit makes sure they receive their due. In the colonial wars, the Revolution, and the War of 1812, African Americans served as seamen, gunners, and marine sharpshooters in the Navy and served as 15 percent of the Continental Army. During the Civil War, blacks constituted nearly 200,000 soldiers of the Union Army and served in some of the war’s most celebrated regiments and toughest battles, and their service inspired the farthest-reaching of the Union’s emancipation policies. In the decades after the Civil War, Black soldiers formed an important part of the U.S. Army, fighting as Buffalo Soldiers in the Indian Wars of the 1870s, up through the Spanish-American War. In World War I, the segregated 92nd and 93rd Divisions fought hard and received the Croix de Guerre from France. In World War II, more than one million Blacks served the United States—and more than a hundred thousand were assigned to combat duty, not only in the Black Panther tank battalion and the Tuskegee Airmen, but in other combat units and units that kept the American war effort supplied. In the years since World War II, Truman integrated the military during the Korean War, but the African-American soldiers remain a class apart—during Korea, during Vietnam, and beyond. This is a story with importance not only for military history, but for all of American history. And Gene Bétit does it careful, exciting justice.
Download or read book Unsung Patriot written by Virginia G. Vassallo and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guy T. Viskniskki was the founder and first editor of The Stars and Stripes, the newspaper for the American Expeditionary Forces during WWI. Virginia G. Vassallo is his granddaughter and based much of her book upon his unpublished memoirs and family history. Unsung Patriot weaves the struggles to establish The Stars and Stripes with a portrait of the man who was dynamic enough to accomplish the task.
Download or read book The Patriots written by Dorothy M. Lower and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 53 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book SOLDIERS PATRIOTS BIOGRAPHIC written by Union Veteran Publishing Company and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 902 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Revolutionary War Soldiers Patriots Widows who Resided in Alabama Territory State written by Betty Drake and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Soldier s Tale in Black and White written by Monika G. Intsiful and published by . This book was released on 2019-05-02 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Story of an African American Soldier in times of war within and without the USA
Download or read book Patriots and Pioneers written by C. Edward Wall and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven Revolutionary War soldiers moved to and lived in Pittsfield Township, Michigan: Claudius Britton, Sr., John Terhune, Samuel Waldron, Benjamin Woodruff, Sr., Josiah Cutler, Mason Hatfield, and Archibald Armstrong. The following stories describe what each Pittsfield Township veteran experienced during the war, the historical context for that experience, and how that patriot became a Pittsfield Township pioneer. At time of enlistment, 1 was living in Vermont, 1 in New York State, 2 in Massachusetts, and 3 in New Jersey. All subsequently moved to New York State before relocating to Pittsfield Township. Starting in 1775, at least one of these 7 soldiers participated in every major Battle in the northern theater of the American Revolution. These included the Battle of Trenton on 26 December 1776, which saved the revolution; the 1777 Battle of Saratoga, where the American victory convinced the French that Americans could win the war and resulted in France becoming our alley, changing the balance of the war; and the 1778 Battle of Monmouth, which was fought to a draw, but convinced the British to refocus their efforts in the south where they expected to find greater support. One wintered with George Washington at Valley Forge, PA, and several wintered with George Washington at Morristown, NJ. Two were with George Washington at Yorktown in the southern theater, where British General Cornwallis surrendered his army: one-third of all British troops in North America, which led directly to peace negotiations and our national independence. Collectively, these "contextual biographies", provides a history of the American Revolution in the northern theater of the war, as well as the conclusive Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
