Trooper Harold Cole, native New Yorker, attended school in both North Pelham and New Rochelle. He enlisted in the United States Army at the age of seventeen in 1942 during World War II. Cole was sworn in at the White Hall Station, ...
Discusses the heroic actions and the experiences of the Buffalo soldiers and the impact they made times of war or conflict.
This history by a chaplain of the Twenty-fifth Infantry includes firsthand accounts of the Spanish-American War as well as an overview of African-American contributions to prior wars and conflicts.
" Buffalo Soldiers: The History and Legacy of the Black Soldiers Who Fought in the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars examines how the regiments were raised, and what their service entailed over the course of several decades.
African American soldiers distinguished themselves for valor during the Civil War and their service in defense of the Union went a long way toward securing the civil rights of all...
Buffalo Soldiers: The 92nd Infantry Division and Reinforcements in World War II, 1942-1945
The novel deals with the issues of warfare when there is no war and peacetime casualties. In the tradition of MASH it is funny and dark, exciting and thrilling. 'This book may well find a place on the shelf with Joseph Heller's Catch-22.
Set on a luxuriously appointed and hopelessly corrupt Army base in Mannheim, Germany, where the soldiers prefer real-life race riots to mock combat, Robert O'Connor's viciously funny novel is conclusive...
"Discusses the heroic actions and experiences of the Buffalo Soldiers and the impact they made during times of war or conflict"--
With its impeccably rendered cast of sycophants, drug burn-outs, and uniformed sociopaths, Buffalo Soldiers give us a scabrous, haunting vision of a military idled by the New World Order—and at all-out war with itself.
Captain Gilmore, an African American officer, and Jenkins Craves, an old buffalo soldier with combat experience, make an odd duo.
This story of the beginning of an African-American military family, beginning with Sergeant Major Augustus Sharps and his wife, Selona, is the best I have ever read.
This history by a chaplain of the Twenty-fifth Infantry includes firsthand accounts of the Spanish-American War as well as an overview of African-American contributions to prior wars and conflicts.
Buffalo Soldiers
In the mid-1880s, the first black regiments of the US Army were nicknamed "buffalo soldiers" by Native Americans, a name that stuck.
Buffalo Soldiers is the story of Sergeant Major Augustus Sharps of the 10th Cavalry, one of the six African-American regiments authorized by Congress in July 1866.
Many used to believe that non-white people weren't smart enough to be soldiers.
Captain Gilmore, an African American officer, and Jenkins Craves, an old buffalo soldier with combat experience, make an odd duo.