Overview
āAll Americans owe Harry Stewart Jr. and his fellow airmen a huge debt for defending our country during World War II. In addition, they have inspired generations of African American youth to follow their dreams.āĀ āHenry Louis Gates Jr.,Ā Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
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He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army basic training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later, the twenty-year-old African American from New York was at the controls of a P-51, prowling for Luftwaffe aircraft at fiveĀ thousand feet over the Austrian countryside. By the end of World War II, he had done something that nobody could take away from him:
He had become an American hero.
This is the remarkable true story of Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen pilots who experienced air combat duringĀ World War II. Award-winning aviation writer Philip Handleman recreates the harrowing action and heart-pounding drama of Stewartās combat missions, including the legendary mission in which Stewart downed three enemy fighters.
Soaring to Glory also reveals the cruel injustices Stewart and his fellow Tuskegee Airmen faced during their wartime service and upon return home after the war. Stewartās heroism was not celebrated as it should have been in postwar Americaābut now, his boundless courage and determination will never be forgotten.
This book title, Soaring to Glory (A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II) - 9781684511914, ISBN: 9781684511914, by Philip Handleman, Harry T. Stewart, published by Regnery History (June 15, 2021) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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