Mieke Kirkels

From Alabama to Margraten

The Story of War Veteran Jefferson Wiggins in the Segregated US Army during World War II

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Produktbeschreibung

With newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated, this book gives a lively account of an undocumented story of WWII, Black American, and Dutch military history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9789048568369
• ISBN-10: 9048568366
• Artikelnr.: 72141157

Autorenporträt

Mieke Kirkels is an oral historian and the author of several acclaimed books on oral history and Dutch war history. She is also an Officer in the Order of Orange Nassau.

Inhaltsangabe

Words by Jefferson Wiggins
Preface by Matthew Delmont
Preface to the second edition
Introduction by Janice Wiggins
Introduction to the second edition
Chapter 1: Houston County
Alabama
Chapter 2: A segregated crossing to Scotland
Chapter 3: Digging graves
Chapter 4: The fields of Margraten
Chapter 5: The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial
Chapter 6: American policy against racism in wartime
Chapter 7: Professional soldier or civilian
Chapter 8: A long career in education
Chapter 9: Lessons of Margraten
Chapter 10: Back to Margraten: A telephone call from the past
Chapter 11: Margraten 2009
Chapter 12: People should know!
Chapter 13: A follow-up oral history project
Chapter 14: People should know
the sequence
Epilogue by Jonathan Pieterse
Acknowledgements