Minorities in WWII

Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943By: Erica FischerPaperback416 Pages2015 Berlin 1942. Lilly Wust, twenty-nine, married, four children, led a life as did millions of German women. But then she met the twenty-one-year-old Felice Schragenheim...

American Flygirl by Susan AnkenyHardcover272 PagesApril 23, 2024 One of WWII’s most uniquely hidden figures, Hazel Ying Lee was the first Asian American woman to earn a pilot’s license, join the WASPs, and fly for the United States military...

Bataan Death March: A Soldier's Story by James BollichPaperback 224 PagesOctober 2003 "I salute the author for writing his story; doing so must have caused him many a restless night and not a few tears. He has served all his fellow POWs well by...

Battling While Black: General Patton's Heroic African American WWII Battalions by Peter GravettPaperback318 PagesOctober 2023 Imagine that you are an eighteen-year-old Black man growing up in the Jim Crow South of the 1940s. You have maybe a...

Beyond The Latino World War II HeroBy: Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and Emilio ZamoraPaperback263 Pages Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez's edited volume Mexican Americans & World War II brought pivotal stories from the shadows, contributing to the...

Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond By Emiel W. Owens (Author)Hardcover160 PagesAugust 2006 Emiel Owens served his country in the 777th Field Artillery, involved in actions from Omaha Beach to the occupation...

  Brothers in Valor: Battlefield Stories of the 89 African American Awarded the Medal of Honor   By: Robert F. Jefferson Jr.  (Author), Col. Guion S. Bluford Jr. (Foreword) Hardcover 284 Pages October 2018   During...

Chester Nez and the Unbreakable Code: A Navajo Code Talker's Story by Joseph Bruchac (Author) and Liz Amini-Holmes (Illustrator)Paperback32 PagesMarch 7, 2024Ages: 7-10 YearsGrade: 1-5 A Junior Library Guild Selection April 20182018 Cybils Award...

China's Good War: How World War II I's Shaping a New Nationalism    By Rana Mitter (Author) Hardcover  336 Pages September 2020   Chinese leaders once tried to suppress memories of their nation’s brutal experience...

Colors of Confinement: Rare Kodachrome Photographs of Japanese American Incarceration in World War II Edited by: Eric L. Muller Photographs by: Bill Manbo Hardcover 136 Pages In 1942, Bill Manbo (1908 -1992) and his family were forced from...

  Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War II (Twentieth Anniversary Edition) By: Allan BerubePaperback 416 Pages2010   During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented...

Contested Valor: African American Marines in the Age of Power, Protest, and Tokenism (Studies in Civil-Military Relations) by Cameron McCoyHardcover376 PagesNovember 2023 Contested Valor is a challenging examination of the use and status of black...

The Courageous Six Triple Eight: The All-Black Female Batallion of World War II (Women Warriors of World War II) by Dr. Tyner, Artika R. (Author) and Cynthia Paul (Illustrator) Paperback32 PagesJuly 2022Age: 8-12Grades: 3-4 When the United States...

Crossing the Pond: The Native American Effort in World War II by: Jere B. FrancoHardcover232 PagesApril, 1999 “Crossing the Pond” is a term Native Americans used to describe the process of being transferred overseas for military duty. This...

Divisions: A New History of Racisim and Resistance in America's World War II Military by Thomas GuglielmoHardcoverOctober, 2021528 PagesThe first comprehensive narrative of racism in America's World War II military and the resistance to it.America's...

  Dorie Miller: Greatness Under FireMr. Dante R. Brizill Paperback64 PagesNovember 2018   The story of December 7th, 1941 is very familiar to us. It changed the history of this country and the world, but few people may know of the story of...

Double Victory: How African American Women Broke Race and Gender Barriers to Help Win World War II (Women of Action)by Cheryl Mullenbachpaperback272 Pages2008 “Allow all black nurses to enlist, and the draft won’t be necessary. . . . If...

Fighting For Hope - African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America By: Robert F. JeffersonHardcover352 PagesNov. 2008 This fascinating history shows how African-American military men and women seized...

Foo: A Japanese-American Prisoner of the Rising Sun: The secret Prison Diary of Frank 'Foo' Fujita by: Frank FujitaPaperback392 PagesMarch 1993 These memoirs are unique because of the six thousand Japanese-Americans who saw military service in the war...

Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at WarBy: Linda HervieuxPaperback384 Pages2015 The injustices of 1940s Jim Crow America are brought to life in this extraordinary blend of military and social history—a story that...

Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took On the Army during World War IIby Sandra M. Bolzenius Paperback248 Pages2018 Before Rosa Parks and the March on Washington, four African American women risked their careers and freedom to defy the United...

Half American: The Epic Story of African Americans Fighting WWII At Home and Abroadby Matthew DelmontHardcover398 Pages2022 Over one million Black men and women served in World War II. Black troops were at Normandy, Iwo Jima, and the Battle of the...

  Harlem's Rattlers and the Great War: The Undaunted 369th Regiment and the African American Quest for Equality (Modern War Studies)   by Jeffrey T. Sammons  (Author), John H. Jr. Morrow (Author) Paperback528...

Honoring Sergeant Carter: A Family's Journey to Uncover the Truth About an American HeroAllene Carter and Robert L. AllenPaperback224 Pages2004 Allene Carter's father-in-law was a decorated veteran. Yet it was not until the Carter family received a call...

Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipents of World War II by Robert ChildPaperback288 PagesJune 2023 The remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their...

Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of WWBy: Robert ChildHard Cover288 Pages2022 The remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their...

In the Garden of the Beasts: Love, Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin by: Erik LarsonPaperback448 PagesJanuary 2011Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Devil in the White City, delivers a remarkable story...

Infinite Hope: A Black Artist's Journey from WWII to PeaceBy: Ashely BryanHardcover112 Pages2019 Recipient of a Coretta Scott King Illustrator Honor AwardRecipient of a Bologna Ragazzi Non-Fiction Special Mention Honor AwardA Kirkus...

Kiyo Sato: From a WWII Japanese Internment Camp to a Life of Service by Connie Goldsmith with Kiyo SatoHardcover140 PagesReading Age: 11-18 yearsGrade Level: 6-12September 2020"Our camp, they tell us, is now to be called a 'relocation center' and not a...

Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration by James R. GrossmanPaperback398 Pages1991 Grossman’s rich, detailed analysis of black migration to Chicago during World War I and its aftermath brilliantly captures the cultural...

Latina/os and WWII PB: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology by Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez and B. V. OlguínPaperback328 Pages2014 The first book-length study of Latina/o experiences in World War II over a wide spectrum of identities and...

  Letters from CubaBy: Ruth Behar Hardcover252 Pages 2020   Pura Belpré Award Winner Ruth Behar's inspiring story of a young Jewish girl who escapes Poland to make a new life in Cuba, while she works to rescue the rest of her...

  MacArthur's Spies: The Soldiers, the Singers, and the Spymasters Who Defied the Japanese in World War II Paperback368 pagesby Peter Eisner   "MacArthur's Spies reads like Casablanca set in the Pacific, filled with brave and...

Misconceptions about the Tuskegee Airmen: Refuting Myths about America's First Black Military Pilotsby Daniel HaulmanPaperback152 PagesFebruary 2023Once an obscure piece of World War II history, the Tuskegee Airmen are now among the most celebrated and...

Nisei Linquists: Japanese Americans in the Military Intelligence Service During World War II by James McNaughtonPaperback532 PagesMarch 2007 Chronicles the establishment and achievements of U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service, the organization that...

Patriots From the Barrio: The Story of Company E, 141st Infantry: The Only All Mexican American Army Unit in World War II by Dave GutierrezPaperback296 PagesMay 2018The Inspiring True Story of a Segregated Unit Whose Exploits Underscore the Forgotten...

Race, Religion, & Civil Rights PB: Asian Students on the West Coast, 1900-1968 by Stephanie HinnershitzPaperback256 pages2015 Histories of civil rights movements in America generally place little or no emphasis on the activism of Asian Americans...

Refugee  by Alan GratzHardcover352 PagesAges 9-12July 2017 A tour de force from acclaimed author Alan Gratz (Prisoner B-3087), this timely -- and timeless -- novel tells the powerful story of three different children seeking refuge. A New York...

Soaring To Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II by Philip Handleman with Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart JrPaperback288 Pages2021 He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943...

The First Strange Place: Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii by Beth BaileyPaperback296 Pages1994 As the forward base and staging area for all US military operations in the Pacific during World War II, Hawaii was the "first strange place" for close to a...

  The Golden Thirteen: How Black Men Won the Right to Wear Navy GoldBy: Dan Goldberg Hardcover288 Pages 2020   The story of the 13 courageous black men who integrated the officer corps of the US Navy during World War II—leading...

The Lost Eleven: The Forgotten Story of Black American Soldiers Brutally Massacred in World War II By: Denise George and Robert Child Hardcover 416 Pages Nearly forgotten by history, this is the story of the Wereth Eleven, African-American soldiers...

The Pink Triangle Richard PlantPaperback272 Pages1988 This is the first comprehensive book in English on the fate of the homosexuals in Nazi Germany. The author, a German refugee, examines the climate and conditions that gave rise to a vicious campaign...

The Story of Black Military Officers, 1861-1948 By Krewasky A.A. Salter 304 pages  Paperback 2015 This book makes a significant contribution to American military history and an important contribution to American social and political history. It...

The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949by Joseph Caver, Jerome Ennels and Daniel L. HaulmanHardcover229 Pages In The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949, Air Force historians Joseph Caver, Jerome Ennels and Daniel Haulman...

The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War IIby Daniel HaulmanPaperback198 Pages2018 The Tuskegee Airmen Chronology: A Detailed Timeline of the Red Tails and Other Black Pilots of World War II...

The Tuskegee Airmen Freedom Flyers of WWII PBby Brynn Nicole Baker32 Pages2015Ages 8-10Grades 3-6 The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-American military pilots in the United States armed forces. Flying bombers and fighters, they completed over 1500...

The Writing on the Wall: How one boy, my father, survived the Holocaust by Juliet RiedenPaperback267 PagesAugust 2019'Memoirs such as this will ensure we do not lose the struggle against "forgetting" - that sly accomplice of tyranny' Magda...

  Torchbearers of Democracy: African American Soldiers in the World War I Era (John Hope Franklin Series in African American History and Culture)   by Chad L. Williams (Author) Paperback 470 Pages August 2013   For the 380,000...

Women Defying Hitler: Rescue and Resistance under the Nazisby Nathan StoltzfusPaperback236 Pages2021 This timely volume brings together an international team of leading scholars to explore the ways that women responded to situations of immense...

Women Heroes of World War II—the Pacific Theater: 15 Stories of Resistance, Rescue, Sabotage, and Survival (Women of Action)Kathryn J. AtwoodHardcover240 Pages2016 Glamorous American singer Claire Phillips opened a nightclub in manila, using the...

You Can Fly: The Tuskegee AirmenBy: Carole Boston Weatherford (Author)Hardcover96 pages2016Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 7.5 inchesAge Range: 9 - 12 yearsGrade Level: 4 - 7 grade Award-winning author Carole Boston Weatherford’s innovative history...