A review by nerfherder86
Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles: America's First Black Paratroopers by Tanya Lee Stone

5.0

Outstanding book on the little-known history of the Triple Nickles, the 555th paratrooper company in World War II, and how they paved the way for desegregating the armed forces. Thoroughly researched, with over one hundred well-placed photographs, interviews with surviving Nickles, and written in a clear succinct entertaining style, this is a great book to read to learn more about what it's like to be a paratrooper, about World War II history, about racism and United States history, and the honor and courage of the many upstanding military men who lived this story. Great book to read paired with the recent fiction novel, [b:Jump Into The Sky|11164774|Jump into the Sky|Shelley Pearsall|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1333577868s/11164774.jpg|16088849]