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 awa
Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day's Black Heroes, at Home and at War
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2015
- Category
- Fiction
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