Honoring Sergeant Carter: Redeeming a Black World War II Hero's Legacy

Allene G. Carter and Robert L. Allen

ISBN 10: 0066212367 / ISBN 13: 9780066212364

Published by Amistad, 2003

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This is a black board WWII Memoir hardcover book. The condition is Very Good++ with a Very Good jacket. c2003. 1st Edition & 1st Printing. It has a very bright & very clean cover. The edges are very nice with a little spine end wrinkle. The pages are tight & bright & unmarked. No names. NOT a remainder. The jacket Is bright & clean with a little shelf wear Solid Book! 212 Pages. All books are securely packaged and Promptly Mailed. #20996-325.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Honoring Sergeant Carter: Redeeming a Black World War II Hero's Legacy
• Publisher: Amistad
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0066212367
• ISBN 13: 9780066212364
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good++
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • World War II Books

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Synopsis

In the early months of 1945, the long and bitter struggle against Nazi Germany reached a decisive stage. Allied forces launched a massive assault on the Rhineland as they prepared to push into the heart of the Third Reich. With the heavy casualties suffered by white soldiers at the Battle of the Bulge, black soldiers, for the first time, played a major combat role. And Sergeant Eddie Carter was right in the thick of the battle, serving in the 12th Armored Division under Patton, as he fought to secure the Rhine and stop the Nazis in their tracks. With a zealous fearlessness, Carter single-handedly captured several Germans and secured reconnaissance that would be critical in capturing Speyer. His efforts would win him. a Distinguished Service Cross. But it wasn't until fifty-two years later that Carter was awarded the Medal of Honor.

Here is the untold story of why the American government not only withheld Carter's much due recognition but why they also denied him -- one of the most decorated black American soldiers in WWII -- the opportunity to reenlist. And here, too, is the inspiring story of the valiant Carter family -- from the moving courtship of Eddie and his wife, Mildred, to the family's unrelenting efforts to get the American government to apologize and own up to the racism and McCarthyism that fueled years of deceit and bigotry.

About the Authors

Allene G. Carter is a self-taught researcher and union activist who has been featured in a number of media outlets, including U.S. News & World Report, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Robert L. Allen is the author of The Port Chicago Mutiny (Amistad 1993) and co-editor of Brotherman (35,000 hc net), which won the American Book Award. Allen is a professor of African American and Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley and is an editor of The Black Scholar. He lives in San Francisco, CA.