01593cam a2200373 4500 1022509478 TxAuBib 20160427120000.0 121228s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780763651176 lib. bdg. 0763651176 lib. bdg. NjBwBT NjBwBT GCmBT TxAuBib Stone, Tanya Lee. Courage has no color : the true story of the Triple Nickles : America's first black paratroopers / Tanya Lee Stone. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass : Candlewick Press, 2013. 147 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-140) and index. Bklst 02/01/2013. SLJ Jan 2013. VOYA 2013 no. 2. PW 11/12/2012. Kirkus 11/15/2012. BCCB Recommended. Examines the role of African-Americans in the military through the history of the Triple Nickles, America's first black paratroopers, who fought against attacks perpetrated on the American West by the Japanese during World War II. Young Adult. Accelerated Reader AR MG 8.0 5.0 156351EN. 20160425. YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction finalist. 555th Parachute Infantry Association. World War, 1939-1945 African Americans. United States Race relations History. TXNES