Many documentaries, articles, museum exhibits, books, and movies have now treated the subject of the Tuskegee Airmen, the only black American military pilots in World War II. Most of these works have focused on their training and their subsequent accomplishments during combat. This publication goes further, using captioned photographs to trace the Airmen through the various stages of training, deployment, and combat in North Africa, Italy, and over occupied Europe. Included for the first time are depictions of the critical support roles of non-flyers: doctors, nurses, mechanics, navigators, weathermen, parachute riggers, and others, all of whom contributed to the Airmen's success. In words and pictures, this volume makes vivid the story of the Tuskegee Airmen and the environments in which they lived, worked, played, fought, and sometimes died.

About the Author
JOSEPH D. CAVER is a former senior archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and current history lecturer at Alabama State University. He is a coauthor of The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History: 1939-1949 and a contributor to the Air Power History journal. Caver is a recipient of the Major General I. B. Holley Award, recognizing significant contributions in the field of Air Force history. He has been honored with the Spirit of Marion Award from Alabama State University. JEROME ENNELS is a former Air University Historian and currently an archivist at the Air Force Historical Research Agency. Mr. Ennels has published numerous unit histories, monographs, studies, and articles in newspapers and professional journals. He is the co-author with Wesley Newton of The Wisdom Of Eagles: A History of Maxwell Air Force Base. DANIEL HAULMAN is chief of the Organizational History Division at the United States Air Force Historical Research Agency, where he has worked since 1982. He has authored many books and published dozens of articles on aviation history, including specifically about the Tuskegee Airmen. He is the author The Tuskegee Airmen, An Illustrated History (with primary authors Jerome Ennels and Joseph Caver) and Eleven Myths About the Tuskegee Airmen, both published by NewSouth Books. Haulman travels extensively to present on the subject of the Tuskegee Airmen. He is considered by many to be a foremost expert on the subject. As a member of the Tuskegee Airmen Inc. for many years, he has attended seven of the organization's conventions and counts many Airmen as personal friends.


Book Information
ISBN 9781588382443
Author Joseph D. Caver
Format Hardback
Page Count 232
Imprint NewSouth, Incorporated
Publisher NewSouth, Incorporated