The messman chronicles : African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943

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Title:

The messman chronicles : African Americans in the U.S. Navy, 1932-1943

Author:

Miller, Richard E., 1946-

Personal Author:

Miller, Richard E., 1946-

Publication Information:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2004]

Physical Description:

x, 390 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language:

English

Contents:

I: Units K-West and B-East: the black sailor returns, 1932-1941 -- Captain Claude's initiative -- Unit K-West -- Service in the fleet -- Shore duty: Annapolis and the lost battalion -- Unit B-East -- Seeing the world and dealing with race -- The Philadelphia fifteen -- II: The Messman branch goes to war, 1941-1943 -- Short of war -- The attack on Pearl Harbor -- Around the world and under the sea -- Coral Sea and midway -- Guadalcanal: green dragons, black stingers, and other South Pacific tales -- Guadalcanal: the pitcher's duel -- The end of the beginning -- III: The four freedoms, white supremacy, and Doris "Dorie" Miller -- The four freedoms, white supremacy, and Doris "Dorie" Miller -- Messman killed and missing at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941.

Corporate Subject:

United States. Navy -- African Americans -- History -- 20th century.

United States. Navy -- Food service specialists -- History -- 20th century.

Subject Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans -- Biography.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip047/2003017842.html

ISBN:

9781557505392

Format :

Book