LEADER 03996oam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910785790503321 005 20231222174203.0 010 $a0-8173-8620-3 035 $a(CKB)2670000000238649 035 $a(EBL)997591 035 $a(OCoLC)809774624 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000705570 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11382977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000705570 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10622614 035 $a(PQKB)11226714 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC997591 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse22261 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL997591 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10595683 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000238649 100 $a20120216d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMy father's war $efighting with the Buffalo soldiers in World War II /$fCarolyn Ross Johnston 210 1$aTuscaloosa :$cUniversity of Alabama Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 223 pages) $cillustrations, maps 311 0 $a0-8173-1768-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Part I. War and Memory; 1. The Buffalo Soldiers at the World War II Memorial; 2. "This Is Your Father"; Part II. Becoming a Buffalo Soldier; 3. The Road to War; 4. Training at Fort Huachuca; 5. Marriage and Bisbee; Part III. The Fight to Fight; 6. Buffalo Soldiers in the Jim Crow Army; 7. Maneuvers in Louisiana; Part IV. Women Waiting; 8. "I'll Be Seeing You": The Long Wait; Part V. Facing the Gothic Line: War Stories in Black and White; 9. Combat in Italy: September 1944-January 1945; 10. From Defeat to Victory: February-November 1945 327 $aPart VI. Life after World War II; 11. Coming Home; Part VII. Afterword; 12. My Search for My Father's War; 13. Fort Huachuca; 14. Carlisle and the Battle for Memory; 15. Notes from Italy; 16. The Buffalo Soldiers at the Capitol Rotunda; Appendix I; Appendix II; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aMy Father's War tells the compelling story of a unit of black Buffalo Soldiers and their white commander fighting on the Italian front during World War II. The 92nd Division of the Fifth Army was the only African American infantry division to see combat in Europe during 1944 and 1945, suffering more than 3,200 casualties. Members of this unit, known as Buffalo Soldiers, endured racial violence on the home front and experienced racism abroad. Engaged in combat for nine months, they were under the command of southern white infantry officers like their captain, Eugene E. Johnston. Carolyn Ross Johnston draws on her father's account of the war and her extensive interviews with other veterans of the 92nd Division to describe the experiences of a nai?ve southern white officer and his segregated unit on an intimate level. During the war, the protocol that required the assignment of southern white officers to command black units, both in Europe and in the Pacific theater, was often problematic, but Johnston seemed more successful than most, earning the trust and respect of his men at the same time that he learned to trust and respect them. Gene Johnston and the African American soldiers were transformed by the war and upon their return helped transform the nation. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zItaly 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zUnited States 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American. 676 $a940.54/1273092 676 $aB 700 $aJohnston$b Carolyn Ross$01506573 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785790503321 996 $aMy father's war$93736866 997 $aUNINA