The 761st "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II
Subtitle: an illustrated history of the first African American armored unit to see combat
By: by Joe Wilson, Jr.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: United States. Army. Tank Battalion, 761st -- History.; World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare.
Genres: Regimental histories
Other titles: Seven hundred and sixty-first "Black Panther" Tank Battalion in World War II
Description: "Their motto was "Come Out Fighting," and that they did without fail. The 761st Tank Battalion - the famed "Black Panthers" - was the first African American armored unit to enter combat, and in World War II they fought in four major Allied campaigns and inflicted 130,000 casualties on the German army. And the fighting was intense - only one out of every two Black Panthers made it home alive."--BOOK JACKET.

"This is the complete history of the 761st, told in large part through the words of the surviving members of the unit. Richly illustrated, this work recounts how the unit was given long overdue recognition - the Presidential Unit Citation and the Medal of Honor - in recent years."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-304) and index.