Black Eagle: General Daniel Chappie James Jr
The success story of a much-decorated fighter pilot who overcame poverty and racism to become America's first African-American four-star general. Born in Pensacola, Florida, the youngest of seventeen children in a relatively poor family, Chappie James (1920-1978) rose to attain the rank of four-star general--the highest rank of the peacetime American military. His parents had early on imbued him with personal and national pride and a singular drive that motivated him his whole life. At Tuskegee Institute, James enrolled in the Army Air Corps unit formed to train black pilots. After combat service in World War II, James became the leader of a…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8173-1307-4
- EAN: 9780817313074
- Produktnummer: 9699014
- Verlag: Univ Of Alabama Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Masse: H21.4 cm x B14.2 cm x D1.4 cm 295 g
- Auflage: Revised
- Gewicht: 295
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