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Book

Bloods : black veterans of the Vietnam War : an oral history

Call Number

  • 959.7043 T3299 (OSH)

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Edition

Presidio Press mass market edition.

Publication Information

New York : Presidio Press/Ballantine Books, 2006.

Physical Description

xvi, 301 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 18 cm

Summary

Describes the experiences of twenty African-American soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Notes

"Presidio War Classic, Vietnam."

Contents

  • Private First Class Reginald "Malik" Edwards, Phoenix, Louisiana
  • Specialist 5 Harold "Light Bulb" Bryant, East St. Louis, Illinois
  • Specialist 4 Richard J. Ford III, Washington, D.C.
  • Specialist 4 Charles Strong, Pompano Beach, Florida
  • HM2 Luther C. Benton III, Portsmouth, Virginia
  • Specialist 5 Emmanuel J. Holloman, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Specialist 4 Haywood T. "The Kid" Kirkland (Ari Sesu Merretazon), Washington, D.C.
  • First Lieutenant Archie "Joe" Biggers, Colorado City, Texas
  • Specialist 4 Stephen A. Howard, Washington, D.C.
  • Captain Norman Alexander McDaniel, Fayetteville, North Carolina
  • Sergeant Major Edgar A. Huff, Gadsden, Alabama
  • Staff Sergeant Don F. Browne, Washington, D.C.
  • Specialist 4 Robert L. Mountain, Millen, Georgia
  • Lieutenant Commander William S. Norman, Norfolk, Virginia
  • Specialist 4 Robert E. Holcomb, New York City
  • Captain Joseph B. Anderson, Jr., Topeka, Kansas
  • Sergeant Robert L. Daniels, Chicago, Illinois
  • Specialist 4 Arthur E. "Gene" Woodley, Jr. (aka Cyclops and Montagnard), Baltimore, Maryland
  • Radarman Second Class Dwyte A. Brown, Washington, D.C.
  • Colonel Fred V. Cherry, Suffolk, Virginia
  • Chronology of major events in the Vietnam War.

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