The Resource My Father's War : fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II, Carolyn Ross Johnston
My Father's War : fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II, Carolyn Ross Johnston
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The item My Father's War : fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II, Carolyn Ross Johnston represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri Libraries.
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- Summary
- My Father's War tells the compelling story of a unit of black Buffalo Soldiers and their white commander fighting on the Italian front during World War II. The 92nd Division of the Fifth Army was the only African American infantry division to see combat in Europe during 1944 and 1945, suffering more than 3,200 casualties. Members of this unit, known as Buffalo Soldiers, endured racial violence on the home front and experienced racism abroad. Engaged in combat for nine months, they were under the command of southern white infantry officers like their captain, Eugene E. Johnston. Carolyn Ross Johnston draws on her father's account of the war and her extensive interviews with other veterans of the 92nd Division to describe the experiences of a naïve southern white officer and his segregated unit on an intimate level. During the war, the protocol that required the assignment of southern white officers to command black units, both in Europe and in the Pacific theater, was often problematic, but Johnston seemed more successful than most, earning the trust and respect of his men at the same time that he learned to trust and respect them. Gene Johnston and the African American soldiers were transformed by the war and upon their return helped transform the nation
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages)
- Contents
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- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945
- Part VI. Life after World War II11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Isbn
- 9780817386207
- Label
- My Father's War : fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II
- Title
- My Father's War
- Title remainder
- fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II
- Statement of responsibility
- Carolyn Ross Johnston
- Subject
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- United States, Army | Infantry Division, 92nd
- Military participation -- African American
- Johnston, Eugene Edwin, 1915-2006
- World War (1939-1945)
- Biography
- Electronic books
- Italy
- Electronic books
- 1939-1945
- United States, Army | Infantry Division, 92nd
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
- Regimental histories
- Johnston, Eugene Edwin, 1915-2006
- United States
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Electronic book
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers -- Biography
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- Military campaigns
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- My Father's War tells the compelling story of a unit of black Buffalo Soldiers and their white commander fighting on the Italian front during World War II. The 92nd Division of the Fifth Army was the only African American infantry division to see combat in Europe during 1944 and 1945, suffering more than 3,200 casualties. Members of this unit, known as Buffalo Soldiers, endured racial violence on the home front and experienced racism abroad. Engaged in combat for nine months, they were under the command of southern white infantry officers like their captain, Eugene E. Johnston. Carolyn Ross Johnston draws on her father's account of the war and her extensive interviews with other veterans of the 92nd Division to describe the experiences of a naïve southern white officer and his segregated unit on an intimate level. During the war, the protocol that required the assignment of southern white officers to command black units, both in Europe and in the Pacific theater, was often problematic, but Johnston seemed more successful than most, earning the trust and respect of his men at the same time that he learned to trust and respect them. Gene Johnston and the African American soldiers were transformed by the war and upon their return helped transform the nation
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Johnston, Carolyn
- Dewey number
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- 940.54/1273092
- 940.541273092
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D769.31 92nd
- LC item number
- J65 2012eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States
- Johnston, Eugene Edwin
- United States
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945
- Johnston, Eugene Edwin
- United States
- United States
- World War (1939-1945)
- HISTORY
- Armed Forces
- Military campaigns
- Military participation
- Regimental histories
- Italy
- United States
- Label
- My Father's War : fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II, Carolyn Ross Johnston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945
- Part VI. Life after World War II11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 809774624
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817386207
- Lccn
- 2012005532
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)809774624
- Label
- My Father's War : fighting with the Buffalo Soldiers in World War II, Carolyn Ross Johnston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945
- Part VI. Life after World War II11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Control code
- 809774624
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780817386207
- Lccn
- 2012005532
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)809774624
Subject
- 1939-1945
- Armed Forces -- Officers
- Biography
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Military | World War II
- Italy
- Johnston, Eugene Edwin, 1915-2006
- Johnston, Eugene Edwin, 1915-2006
- Military campaigns
- Military participation -- African American
- Regimental histories
- United States
- United States, Army
- United States, Army -- Officers -- Biography
- United States, Army | Infantry Division, 92nd
- United States, Army | Infantry Division, 92nd
- World War (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States
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