Green Berets in the Vanguard
Subtitle: Inside Special Forces, 1953-1963
Publisher: US Naval Institute Press; Naval Inst Pr
Published: March 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 139
ISBN-13: 9781557500236
Subjects: American history: Vietnam War; Asian history: Vietnam War; Black studies; Land forces & warfare; Maritime history; Naval forces & warfare; Special & elite forces; Military - United States; Blacks In The Military; Military History - Vietnam Conflict; Special Forces; History; History - Military / War; Military - Naval; History: American; South East Asia; USA; Archer, Chalmers,; United States; United States.; 1928-; African-American soldiers; Army; Army.; Biography
Description: "The author of a memoir about growing up black in Mississippi, Chalmers Archer now turns his attention to his experiences as one of the first members of the U.S. Army's Special Forces in the years between 1953 and 1965. His perspective is unique, not only as one of the first to wear the Green Beret but as a black man in the early days of armed forces integration."--BOOK JACKET.