 | Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman and POW, Revised Edition Subjects: Jefferson Alexander 1921–; World War 1939–1945 -- Prisoners and prisons German; World War 1939–1945 -- Participation African American; United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Group 332nd; World War 1939–1945 -- Aerial operations American; World W; Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens. In this vividly detailed, deeply personal story, Jefferson writes as a genuine American hero about what it meant to be an African American pilot in enemy hands, fighting to protect the promise of freedom. The book features the sketches, drawings, and other illustrations Jefferson created during his nine months as a POW, and Lewis Carlson's authoritative background on the man, his unit, and the fight Alexander Jefferson fought so well. Jefferson Alexander : Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, (USAF, Ret.) has degrees from Clark College and Wayne State University. He won numerous citations and remains active in Veterans' and Tuskegee Airmen organizations. He served in Michigan public schools for thirty years as a teacher and administrator, and lives outside Detroit in Southfield.Carlson Lewis H. : Lewis H. Carlson is co-author of Life behind Barbed Wire: The World War II Photographs of Prisoner of War Angelo M. Spinelli (Fordham).Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, (USAF, Ret.) has degrees from Clark College and Wayne State University. He won numerous citations and remains active in Veterans' and Tuskegee Airmen organizations. He served in Michigan public schools for thirty years as a teacher and administrator, and lives outside Detroit in Southfield. |
