Brothers in Arms

Brothers in Arms: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes by Kareem Abdul Jabbar, 151 pages

Jabbar tells a compelling tale of the first all-black tank regiment to be deployed during World War II. They were sent as part of the post D-Day force and were deployed as part of Patton's Third Army.  They saw a tremendous amount of action in France, Belgium, and in Germany, including the Battle of the Bulge. Patton had asked for them specifically, and seemed to appreciate all that the unit did, but never really changed his racist attitudes toward black soldiers. All recommendations for unit and individual citations were blocked for decades, they didn't receive the Presidential Unit Citation until Carter was President.
A compelling story, well-told. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is a gifted storyteller / historian.
I wish that our library had the unabridged audio available. I counted half the pages of the book itself for this abridged audio.
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