TUSKEGEE'S HEROES by Ann Lewis Cooper and Major General Charles S. Cooper

Tuskegee's Heroes, featuring the Aviation Art of Roy E. La Grone, tells the story of the first black pilots and personnel to take to the air for the U.S. Army Air Corps of WWII. Co-Authored by Ann Lewis Cooper and her husband, Major General Charles S. Cooper III, USAF Retired, this compelling book is beautifully illustrated with the art of one of the Tuskegee Airmen, Roy E. La Grone.

The Tuskegee Experiment was bound for failure! Leadership of the United States Army Air Corps believed that it was impossible for a black man to learn to fly, so they fought against the training and assignment to combat of black aviators. Even the early battles fought in the Mediterranean by the P-40 Warhawks flown by the Tuskegee Airmen were maligned by Air Corps leadership in the field and in Washington.

Against enormous odds, the Tuskegee Airmen prevailed. They fought successfully at Pantelleria and bombed and strafed at Anzio. Joined in Italy by three more squadrons of black fighter pilots, they converted to red-tailed P-51s and began the role in which they finally achieved the recognition they deserved. The "Red Tails" were eagerly sought after by their comrades in arms as their reputations grew and their victories mounted. The Tuskegee Experience was a great success! It set the precedent for the valiant roles blacks were to play in the fully integrated United States Air Force established in the postwar years by President Truman.

Published:	Motorbooks International, Osceola - 1996
Price:	$29.95
ISBN:	0-7603-0254-5
	Hardcover, 156 pages
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