| Author | Fisher, W. Douglas, 1938- author.
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| Title | African American doctors of World War I : the lives of 104 volunteers / W. Douglas Fisher and Joann H. Buckley.
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| Published | Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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| Description | vi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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| ISBN | 9781476663159 |
| ISBN | 1476663157 |
| ISBN | ISBN (invalid) 9781476623177 |
| Bib. Note | Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Formatted Note | Contents: Introduction -- The biographies -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Physicians not able to serve on active duty and dentists who did.
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| Summary Note | Summary: "A century ago, during the Jim Crow era, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units. The infantry regiments of the 93rd arrived first and were turned over to the French to fill gaps in their decimated lines"--
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In World War I, 104 African American doctors joined the United States Army to care for the 40,000 men of the 92nd and 93rd Divisions, the Army's only black combat units. Fighting alongside French and other American units, some of those doctors rose to prominence; others died young or later succumbed to the economic and social challenges of the times. Beginning with their assignment to the Medical Officers Training Camp (Colored)-- the only one in U.S. history-- Fisher and Buckley cover the early years, education and war experiences of these physicians, as well as their careers in the black communities of early 20th century America.
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| Subjects | African American physicians -- Biography.
African American physicians -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Army -- African American troops -- Biography.
United States. Army. Division, 92nd -- Biography.
United States. Army. Division, 93rd -- Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- France.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Medical care -- United States.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, African American.
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| Other Authors | Buckley, Joann H., author.
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| LC Card Number | 2015-38580 |
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| | WRHS Research Library: D 629 U6 F537 2016
CA-1601742 c.1: LC class, open stacks [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 34834] |
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