Twice forgotten : African Americans and the Korean War : an oral history / David P. Cline.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cline, David P., 1969- author.

Series:

North Carolina scholarship online.

North Carolina scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953--Participation, African American.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korean War, 1950-1953--African Americans.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American.

African American veterans--Social conditions--20th century.

African American veterans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (416 pages)

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2023]

Summary:

Journalists began to call the Korean War 'the Forgotten War' even before it ended. Without a doubt, the most neglected story of this already-neglected war is that of African Americans who served just two years after Harry S. Truman ordered the desegregation of the military. 'Twice Forgotten' draws on oral histories of Black Korean War veterans to recover the story of their contributions to the fight, the reality that the military desegregated in fits and starts, and how veterans' service fits into the long history of the Black freedom struggle. This collection of seventy oral histories, drawn from across the country, features interviews conducted by the author and his colleagues for their 2003 American Radio Works documentary, Korea: The Unfinished War, which examines the conflict as experienced by the approximately 600,000 Black men and women who served.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Preface: The Fight of Their Lives

Introduction: The Segregated Military and the Journey toward Change

Part I: Stateside

1. Crossing Jim Crow: Enlisting and Traveling to Boot Camp

2. Life in the Barracks: Experiences in Segregated and Integrated Training Camps and Schools

Section of Illustrations

Part II: Into Korea

3. No Bigots in a Foxhole: War Brings Desegregation

4. African Americans and the US Army in Battle

5. African Americans and the Air Force, Marines, and Navy in Battle

6. African American Prisoners of War

Part III: The Battles Continue

7. From the Service to the Streets: Korean War Veterans and Social Change

8. Fighting the Back of the Bus: Transforming the Home Front

Conclusion: Remembering

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-88-908503-7-9

979-88-908503-8-6

1-4696-6455-0

OCLC:

1292345547