- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 online resource (1 PDF (xxv, 170 pages) :) : illustrations, map.
- Summary
- Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background to the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. This revised edition covers the story of Jefferson's continuing outreach and education work, as he brings the story of the Tuskegee Airmen to communities and schools across the country, and the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Airmen in 2007. Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is perhaps the only account of the African American experience in a German prison camp.
- Series Statement
- World War II: the global, human, and ethical dimension
- Uniform Title
- Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free (Online)
- World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
- Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Alternative Title
- Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free (Online)
- Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, German
- World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, African American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
- Prisoners of war > United States > Biography
- Prisoners of war > Germany > Biography
- Fighter pilots > United States > Biography
- African American fighter pilots > Biography
- United States > Army Air Forces > Fighter Group, 332nd
- Jefferson, Alexander, 1921-
- Note
- Issued as part of book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on print version record.
- Contents
- Detroit: the formative years -- Clark College -- The making of a Tuskegee Airman -- Combat -- Captured! -- Stalag Luft III -- Stalag VIIA and liberation -- Civilian! -- Post script -- Appendix: Alexander Jefferson's organizational affiliations ; Alexander Jefferson's military awards.
- OCLC
- ssj0002137733
- Author
Jefferson, Alexander, 1921-
- Title
Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free [electronic resource] : Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition / Alexander Jefferson, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Ret. ; with Lewis H. Carlson.
- Imprint
Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017 (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
New York [New York] : Fordham University Press, 2017. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
- Edition
Revised edition.
- Series
World War II: the global, human, and ethical dimension
World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-161) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Carlson, Lewis H.
Project Muse.
- Other Form:
Print version: (DLC) 2017003966 9780823274383