Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (2004). Brothers in Arms: THE EPIC STORY OF THE 761ST TANK BATTALION, WWII'S FORGOTTEN HEROES. Crown.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. 2004. Brothers in Arms: THE EPIC STORY OF THE 761ST TANK BATTALION, WWII'S FORGOTTEN HEROES. Crown.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Brothers in Arms: THE EPIC STORY OF THE 761ST TANK BATTALION, WWII'S FORGOTTEN HEROES. Crown, 2004.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Brothers in Arms: THE EPIC STORY OF THE 761ST TANK BATTALION, WWII'S FORGOTTEN HEROES. Crown, 2004.

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A powerful wartime saga recounting the extraordinary story of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first all-black armored unit to see combat in World War II.
 
“More than a combat story . . . it’s also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans.”—USA Today 
 
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar first became immersed in the history of the 761st Battalion through family friend Leonard “Smitty” Smith, a veteran of the unit. Working with acclaimed writer Anthony Walton, Abdul-Jabbar interviewed surviving members of the battalion to weave together a page-turning narrative based on their memories, stories, and historical accounts, from basic training through the horrors of the battlefield to their postwar experiences.
 
Trained essentially as a public relations gesture to maintain the support of the black community for the war, the battalion was never intended to see battle. In fact, General Patton originally opposed their deployment, claiming African Americans couldn’t think quickly enough to operate tanks in combatconditions. But in the summer of 1944, following heavy casualties in the fields of France, the Allies—desperate for trained tank personnel—called the battalion up anyway.
 
While most combat troops fought on the front for a week or two before being rotated back, the men of the 761st served for more than six months, fighting heroically under Patton’s Third Army at the Battle of the Bulge and in the Allies’ final drive across France and Germany. Despite a casualty rate that approached 50 percent and an extreme shortage of personnel and equipment, the 761st would ultimately help liberate some thirty towns and villages, as well as several branch concentration camps. The racism that shadowed them during the war and the prejudice they faced upon their return home are an indelible part of their story. Shining through most of all, however, are the lasting bonds that united them as soldiers and brothers, the bravery they exhibited on the battlefield, and the quiet dignity and patriotism that defined their lives.

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   • source: Washington Post Book World
   • content: "A carefully researched and engrossing account that paints the individual dramas of the tankmen against the backdrop of the war . . . A fine tribute to these unsung heroes and a valuable addition to the literature on African American service in World War II."
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   • content: More than a combat story or a segregated version of Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers. It's also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans."
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   • content: "A wholly different perspective on the 'greatest generation.'"
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   • content: "A brilliant and moving narrative that through its imagery helps the reader appreciate the hardness of battle."
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   • content: "A slam dunk . . . Well written, well researched and an excellent read . . . Abdul-Jabbar does an incredible job of weaving [the personal stories] into the context of the war as it unfolded."
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   • content: "A touching profile of men who fought overt and subtle racism for the chance to prove their mettle, and a poignant reminder of the unreasonable prejudices of that era that almost kept them on the sidelines."
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     April 12, 2004
     June 6, 1944, was the date of the most massive and complex operation ever attempted by an armed force on earth, and its success continues to reverberate. Fans of Saving Private Ryan
     have an opportunity with this 60th anniversary to dig deeper into the landing and its legacy, as well as other acts of heroism and everyday soldiering during the war.
     BROTHERS IN ARMS: The Epic Story of the 761st Tank Battalion, WWII's Forgotten Heroes
     Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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     . Broadway
     , $24.95 (320p) ISBN 0-385-50338-5
     
     The six-time NBA most valuable player teams up with Mississippi
     author Walton, who coauthored Al Sharpton's Go and Tell Pharaoh
     . Their chronicle of Patton's Third Army stalwarts takes in the all-black tank battalion's 183 days on the front lines of the Battle of the Bulge, with casualty rates of almost 50%, an almost impossible supply situation, sometimes inept leadership and chronic racism that inflected nearly every move they made. The third-person narrative reflects the intimacy Jabbar has with Leonard "Smitty" Smith, the loader on a 761st tank crew, with episodes and anecdotes that feel immediate and a wealth of visual and tactical detail about what it was like to work, and often live, on the inside of a tank. The authors widen the scope repeatedly to give a nuanced account of the 676 enlisted men and 36 officers of the battalion and its place in the Third Army. While it will leave aficionados satisfied, this is military history that will prove compelling to anyone with an interest in black men's experience during the 20th century. The group's liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp is covered in a few pages, but its heroism is on display throughout. 6-city author tour
     . Jabbar's agent: Frank Weimann at The Literary Group; Walton's agent: Sloan Harris at ICM.

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     January 1, 2004
     Recalling stories from a high school mentor, the legendary basketball star takes on a new role, interviewing 70 surviving members of the first all-black tank battalion to see combat during World War II.

     Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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     May 1, 2004
     A celebrity seems an unlikely coauthor of a military unit history, but basketball star Abdul-Jabbar's father's lifelong friend Leonard Smith was a gunner with the 761st Tank Battalion. With his comrades William McBurney and Teddy Windsor, Smith is the focus of Abdul-Jabbar's andWalton's account of the 761st, from training in Louisiana to demobilization after the war. Abdul-Jabbar andWalton chronicle the fight against racism within the battalion in grim detail, showing that racism kept the battalion playing "enemy" in training camps for much longer than the training period of the average tank battalion. When the 761st got overseas, it ran up an outstanding record in combat against the Germans, despite the severe limitations of the thin-skinned Sherman tank, shortages of supplies, vile winter weather, and still more racism. Compensatorily, white officers, including George Patton, demonstrated loyalty to African Americans who fought and fought well, replacements came forward, and the recognition previously denied the 761st is now coming through.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2004, American Library Association.)

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      Moved to tell a story he thought should be widely known, basketball great Abdul-Jabbar adds this variation on his Black Profiles in Courage (1996) to his writing r sum . He and coauthor Walton follow a different band of brothers during World War II-the heroic black 761st Tank Battalion that formed five companies in U.S. Gen. George Patton's Third Army. Told with broad social commentary and poignant personal focus on three soldiers, this revealing and insightful story tells of blacks' struggle even to fight in the war, battling the racism of segregated America and its armed forces at home and abroad. Abdul-Jabbar details the 761st's battlefield exploits as the nation's first black armored unit in combat on foreign soil and one of the first black units to fight side by side with white U.S. troops. Courage, honor, and integrity form Abdul-Jabbar and Walton's refrain as they move through the context and conditions of the 761st's service in liberating several Nazi concentration camps in 1945. This engaging read will enlighten many and nicely complement Joe Wilson Jr.'s illustrated history, The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II, and Kathryn Browne Pfeifer's 761st Tank Battalion, as well as broader works on blacks bearing arms in America's wars. Highly recommended for African American, military, and U.S. history collections. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 1/03.]-Thomas J. Davis, Arizona State Univ., Tempe

      Copyright 2004 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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“More than a combat story . . . it’s also the story of how black soldiers had to fight (literally and figuratively) for the right to fight the Germans.”—USA Today 
 
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