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Voices of African American Veterans, from World War II to the War in Iraq
WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY
An Imprint of Harpercollins Publishers
World War II
Army Tank Corporal, 19421945
Lieutenant, Army Nurse Corps, 19411945
Air Force Captain, 19421947
Marine Sergeant, 19441946;
Navy Reserves Chaplain, 19531959;
Navy Chaplain Captain 19591983
Army Medic Corporal, 19421945;
Army Reserves Sergeant, 19451952
Private, Womens Army Corps, 19441946
Army Sergeant, 19421945
Navy Steward, 19381960, World War II and Korea
Vice Admiral, Navy Reserves, 19421949;
Navy, 19491980, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam
Korea
Army, 19451956, Sergeant, World War II;
Lieutenant, Korea
Army Corporal, 19501953
Navy Cook, 19431947, World War II;
Navy Reserves, 19471950;
Army Sergeant, 19501971, Korea and Vietnam
Army Lieutenant General, 19441983;
Army Reserves, 1943, 19461948, World War II,
Korea, and Vietnam
Vietnam
Marine Sergeant, 19641967
Army Nurse Corps, Captain, 19671969;
Army Reserves Major, 19691982
Army Lieutenant, 19661969
Army Sergeant, 19621983
Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, 19591979
Army Radioman, Specialist E-3, 19651967
Colonel, Army Nurse Corps, 19521978, Korea and Vietnam
Army Private, 19671969
Persian Gulf War
Marine Sergeant, 19751995
Army, 19741977; Army Reserves, 19771998
Navy E-4, 19891991
Army Private, 19681970;
National Guard Specialist 4, 19881996, Vietnam
and Persian Gulf War
War on Terror
Air Force Captain, 19891999;
Air National Guard Major, 1999present,
Operation Noble Eagle
Air Force Captain, 1996present,
Operation Enduring Freedom,
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Army Brigadier General, 1980present,
Operation Iraqi Freedom
We Were There
Lattys attempt to elevate blacks in the military beyond mere footnotes in history is timely and laudable.
Columbus Dispatch
There has always been a special poignancy about the military service of African Americans, especially during the long, shameful years of second-class citizenship. Yvonne Latty has collected scores of stories from black veterans about their experiences fighting for our country going back to World War II, and Ron Tarvers powerful photographic portraits put a face with every story. Most of them are proud, some of them are bitter, but their commitment to their country is an inspiration to us all.
Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down
Eye-opening history, in the tradition of Bloods , the bestselling oral history of black Vietnam veterans. The veterans are brief, but they accomplish more than many history books have dared even try.
Detroit Free Press
Yvonne Latty deserves a medal herself for this phenomenal book. Along with Ron Tarvers sensational photographs, We Were There vividly portrays the voices and personalities of incredible men and women who have risked their lives for this nation. These are stories of drama, courage, humor, and inspiration, and they have not received the attention they deserveduntil now. We Were There is more than a work of history; it is a work of art, and one that will serve as an enduring tribute to these unsung heroes.
Andrew Carroll, editor of the New York Times
bestseller War Letters: Extraordinary
Correspondence from American Wars
An excellent introduction to combat experience. It puts the African American experience in the broader context of American military history.
Booklist
Thanks to Latty and Tarver for introducing us to men and women who staked their lives on our freedom and security, but were never adequately thanked themselves. As we take in their images and stories our minds become living monuments to them, and our humanity and nation are made stronger.
Lorene Cary, author of Black Ice and The Price of a Child
We Were There is a tribute to all veterans.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Y VONNE L ATTY is a native of New York City. She earned a B.F.A. and a masters degree in journalism from New York University before becoming a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News and an adjunct professor of journalism at Villanova University. Ms. Latty has also freelanced with various Internet sites, including BET.com. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
R ON T ARVER has been a photographer with the Philadelphia Inquirer for over twenty years. His previous work includes a photo essay on African American cowboys, which is featured on the National Geographic Web site. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2004 by Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the United States government for permission to reprint the photographs of Brig. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks on pages 176 and 177.
WE WERE THERE . Copyright 2004 by Yvonne Latty and Ron Tarver. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins ebooks.
FIRST AMISTAD PAPERBACK EDITION 2005
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
We were there: voices of African American veterans, from World War II to the war in Iraq /[compiled by] Yvonne Latty and [photographed by] Ron Tarver.1st Ed.
p. cm
ISBN 0-06-054217-9 (acid-free paper)
1. African American soldiersBiography. 2. African American sailorsBiography. 3. African American veteransBiography. 4. United StatesArmed ForcesAfrican AmericansHistory20th century. 5. United StatesArmed ForcesBiography. 6. United StatesHistory, Military20th centurySources. I. Latty, Yvonne. II. Tarver, Ron.
E185.63.W4 2004
355'.0092'396073dc22 2003058337
ISBN 0-06-075159-2 (pbk.)
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EPub Edition NOVEMBER 2012 ISBN: 9780062269140
To Navy Steward Mate First Class Albert Latty,
World War II, 19441945 .
Daddy, I wish you were alive to see this .
Y VONNE
To my mother and father, Roberta and Richard Sr.
I love you and miss you deeply.
And to my brother, Richard Jr., who continues to be
an example of what I hope to become .
R ON
If there is no struggle, there is no progress .
F REDERICK D OUGLASS
T his is not only a book about war.
It is also about identity, growth, love, fear, bravery, and people who did more than they thought they could in the most difficult of circumstances. These twenty-eight men and women served from World War II to the War on Terror. Their ages at the time of service range from seventeen to forty-four. Some went on to great success, others struggled, forever scarred by their war experiences. In these pages, the veterans tell their stories in their own voices.
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