LEADER 04357nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910956444503321 005 20251117065355.0 010 $a1-299-05220-7 010 $a1-60344-531-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000081289 035 $a(OCoLC)715189107 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10456038 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000531060 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11344525 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000531060 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10588067 035 $a(PQKB)10735640 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3037939 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse1031 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3037939 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10456038 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL436470 035 $a(BIP)46431263 035 $a(BIP)13309002 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000081289 100 $a20060103d2006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlood on German snow $ean African American artilleryman in World War II and beyond /$fEmiel W. Owens 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCollege Station $cTexas A&M University Press$d2006 215 $a1 online resource (156 p.) 225 1 $aTexas A&M University military history series ;$v#105 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a1-58544-537-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- A Typical African American and a U. S. Citizen -- So You're in the Army Now: Training -- To the War in Europe -- March to the German Front -- In Battle in Europe -- To the Pacifi c and the Philippines -- Heading Home, Heading North, Heading Out -- Summing Up -- Bibliography -- Index. 330 $aEmiel Owens served his country in the 777th Field Artillery, involved in actions from Omaha Beach to the occupation army in the Philippines. Like the rest of the U.S. Army at the time, the 777th was a segregated unit. Remarkably few memoirs by African Americans have been published from the World War II era, making Owens's account especially valuable. Because he situates his military experience in the larger context of his life and the society in which he lived, his story also reveals much about the changing racial climate of the last several decades. A native Texan, Owens recounts his early experiences in a small, rural school outside Austin during the hard times of the Depression. In 1943, he was drafted into the army, landing in England in August 1944. Ten days later he was on Omaha Beach. By November 3 Owens and his unit were supporting the 30th Infantry Division as it attacked German towns and cities leading into the Ruhr Pocket and the Huertgen Forest. Owens starkly portrays the horror of the Kohlscheid Penetration. He was awarded a certificate of merit for his actions in that theater. With help from the G.I. bill, Owens returned to college and then to graduate school at Ohio State University, since universities in his home state were still closed to African Americans. He earned a Ph.D. in economics, which led to a productive academic and consulting career. This is a uniquely captivating story of an African American man's journey from a segregated Texas town to the battlefields of Europe and on to postwar success in a world changed forever by the war Americans--black and white--had fought. 410 0$aTexas A & M University military history series ;$v105. 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xArtillery operations, American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zWestern Front 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$vPersonal narratives, American 606 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American soldiers$vBiography 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xArtillery operations, American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xParticipation, African American. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 615 0$aSoldiers 615 0$aAfrican American soldiers 676 $a940.54/8173 700 $aOwens$b Emiel W.$f1922-$01865564 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910956444503321 996 $aBlood on German snow$94472692 997 $aUNINA