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A-train : memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman

Author: Charles W Dryden
Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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,
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Genre/Form: Biography
Personal narratives, American
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
A-train.
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1997
(OCoLC)606104406
Named Person: Charles W Dryden
Material Type: Biography, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Charles W Dryden
ISBN: 0817308563 9780817308568 9780817312664 0817312668
OCLC Number: 34967840
Description: xviii, 421 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Responsibility: Charles W. Dryden ; with a foreword by Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

Abstract:

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.

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