Research Catalog

Title

Forgotten : the untold story of D-Day's Black heroes, at home and at war / Linda Hervieux.

Author

Hervieux, Linda

Publication

• New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]
• ©2015

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Description

xiii, 353 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm

Summary

In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion, a unit of African-American soldiers, landed on the beaches of France. Their orders were to man a curtain of armed balloons meant to deter enemy aircraft. One member of the 320th would be nominated for the Medal of Honor, an award he would never receive. Drawing on newly uncovered military records and dozens of original interviews with surviving members of the 320th and their families, Linda Hervieux tells the story of these heroic men charged with an extraordinary mission, whose contributions to one of the most celebrated events in modern history have been overlooked.

Alternative Title

Untold story of D-Day's Black heroes, at home and at war

Subject

• United States. Antiaircraft Barrage Balloon Battalion, 320th > History
• 1939-1945
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Normandy
• World War, 1939-1945 > Balloons > United States
• African American soldiers > Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American
• World War, 1939-1945 > Regimental histories > United States

Genre/Form

Biographies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-336) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Author's note -- War brewing -- Too dumb to fight -- "This is a white man's country" -- Sentinels of the sky -- "We were like little dogs" -- Last stop, U.S.A. -- A taste of freedom -- The greatest hour -- Forgotten -- Epilogue.

ISBN

• 9780062313799
• 0062313797

LCCN

^^2015017941

OCLC

• 908554567
• SCSB-12239673

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library