Blood for Dignity The Story of the First Integrated Combat Unit in the U.S. Army

"It would be satisfying to report that BLOOD FOR DIGNITY does for the Fifth of K what Stephen Ambrose's BAND OF BROTHERS did for Easy Company, also a volunteer outfit. Colley's book is well researched and clearly written, but storytelling is not his strength. The reader is moved to admire the book's pioneering characters but not to tremble for them....If Colley is a lesser storyteller, he has not chosen a lesser story. In the crucial endgame of World War II, thousands of young black men volunteered for frontline combat. They made history fighting ably alongside white troops. Yet they are scarcely mentioned in the popular chronicles we take as true. David P. Colley deserves all credit for writing the first book to tell the story of these neglected trailblazers.Colley, David P. is the author of 'Blood for Dignity The Story of the First Integrated Combat Unit in the U.S. Army' with ISBN 9780312325800 and ISBN 0312325800.