Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles

by Tanya Lee Stone Degree in English from Oberlin College

The Tuskegee Airmen went on to achieve glory in World War II, flying more than 1,500 missions without ever losing one of their own to an enemy bomber, and earning a collective one hundred Distinguished Flying Crosses.

during the Battle of the Bulge, for example, had led Major General E. H. Hughes to recommend them for a Distinguished Unit Citation. Citations were given to twelve of the white units that had fought with the 761st, but Eisenhower would not sign the citation for the black unit.

the Japanese launched more than 9,000 balloon bombs. And then they waited. And waited.

Pieces of balloons were being recovered in many western states, including Wyoming, California, and Alaska, as well as parts of western Canada and northern Mexico. They were even found as far east as Michigan. In Oregon, soldiers were brought in