TY  - GEN
T1  - A-train : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman
A1  - Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
LA  - English
PP  - Tuscaloosa, Ala.
PB  - University of Alabama Press
YR  - 1997
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm44955134
AB  - How does a black American prepare for a career in a profession traditionally closed to blacks? And how does he or she cope with the frustrations and dangers that subsequent experiences generate? A-Train is the story of one of the black Americans who, during World War II, graduated from Tuskegee Army Flying School and served as a pilot in the 99th Pursuit Squadron. Charles W. Dryden has prepared an honest, fast-paced, balanced, vividly written, and very personal account of what it was like to be a black soldier, and specifically a pilot, during World War II and the Korean War. Colonel Dryden's book commands our attention because it is a balanced account by an insightful man who enlisted in a segregated army and retired from an integrated air force. Dryden's account is poignant in illuminating the hurt inflicted by racism on even the most successful black people. As a member of that elite group of those young pilots who fought for their country overseas while being denied civil liberties at home, Dryden presents an eloquent memoir of the experiences he has shared and the changes he has witnessed.
OP  - 421
CN  - D790 .D78 1997eb
SN  - 0585207836
SN  - 9780585207834
SN  - 9780817387068
SN  - 0817387064
SN  - 0817308563
SN  - 9780817308568
SN  - 9780817312664
SN  - 0817312668
KW  - Dryden, Charles W. : (Charles Walter)
KW  - United States. : Army Air Forces : Biography.
KW  - United States. : Army Air Forces
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Aerial operations, American.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Participation, African American.
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Personal narratives, American.
KW  - African American air pilots : Biography.
KW  - Tuskegee Army Air Field (Ala.)
KW  - Pilotes d'aéronef noirs américains : Biographies.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : Historical.
KW  - HISTORY : Military : World War II.
KW  - African American air pilots
KW  - Military operations, Aerial : American
KW  - Military participation : African American
KW  - Alabama : Tuskegee Army Air Field
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 : Aerial operations.
KW  - 1939 - 1945
KW  - Personal Narrative
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Personal narratives : American
KW  - Personal narratives.
KW  - Récits personnels.
ER  -