Bibliograph

The messman chronicles, African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943, Richard E. Miller

Type

Label

The messman chronicles, African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943, Richard E. Miller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [361]-370) and index

resource.biographical

collective biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The messman chronicles

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

44272752901048

Responsibility statement

Richard E. Miller

Sub title

African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943

Table Of Contents

I: Units K-West and B-East: the black sailor returns, 1932-1941 -- Captain Claude's initiative -- Unit K-West -- Service in the fleet -- Shore duty: Annapolis and the lost battalion -- Unit B-East -- Seeing the world and dealing with race -- The Philadelphia fifteen -- II: The Messman branch goes to war, 1941-1943 -- Short of war -- The attack on Pearl Harbor -- Around the world and under the sea -- Coral Sea and midway -- Guadalcanal: green dragons, black stingers, and other South Pacific tales -- Guadalcanal: the pitcher's duel -- The end of the beginning -- III: The four freedoms, white supremacy, and Doris "Dorie" Miller -- The four freedoms, white supremacy, and Doris "Dorie" Miller -- Messman killed and missing at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941

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