The US Army's first, last, and only all-black rangers : the 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951

Resource Information

The work The US Army's first, last, and only all-black rangers : the 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951 represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

The US Army's first, last, and only all-black rangers : the 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951

Title remainder

the 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951

Statement of responsibility

Edward L. Posey

Title variation

U.S. Army's first, last, and only all-black rangers

Creator

• Posey, Edward L

Subject

• 1950-1953
• African American soldiers
• African American soldiers
• Armed Forces -- African American troops
• Armed Forces -- Airborne troops
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, African American
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Personal narratives, American
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Regimental histories -- United States
• Military participation -- African American
• Personal narratives -- American
• Regimental histories
• United States
• United States, Army
• United States, Army -- African American troops
• United States, Army -- Airborne troops
• United States, Army | Ranger Infantry Company, 2nd
• United States, Army | Ranger Infantry Company, 2nd
• United States, Army | Ranger Infantry Company, 2nd -- Registers
• Registers (Lists)

Genre

• Personal narratives
• Personal narratives, American
• Registers
• Registers (Lists)

Language

eng

Summary

The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. Its 10-month lifespan included selection, training and seven months of combat deployment in Korea. Here is the first complete history of this elite, all-volunteer unit

Member of

• Ebook Central Academic Complete

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

E7B

Dewey number

951.9042

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• plates

Index

index present

LC call number

DS921.6

LC item number

.P67 2009eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography