01502cam a2200349 4500 62134114 TxAuBib 20040608120000.0 040608s2004||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2004045063 9780385503389 $24.95 0385503385 $24.95 DLC DLC NjBwBT TxAuBib Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem. Brothers in arms : the epic story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's forgotten heroes / Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Anthony Walton. 1st ed. New York : Broadway Books, 2004. xv, 302 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-287) and index. Presents the story of the first all-African American tank battalion to see combat in World War II, documenting how its members struggled with racial discrimination in spite of their emergence as a highly decorated unit. 20040608. Smith, Leonard, 1924- McBurney, William, 1924- McNeil, Preston. United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 761st. World War II, 1939-1945 Regimental histories. World War II, 1939-1945 African Americans. World War II, 1939-1945 Campaigns Europe. African American soldiers Biography. Soldiers United States Biography. Walton, Anthony.