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From Alabama to Margraten

The Story of War Veteran Jefferson Wiggins in the Segregated US Army during World War II

Mieke Kirkels

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EAN : 9789048568369
Auteur(s) : Mieke Kirkels
Taal : English
Onderwerp : Cultuur- en mentaliteitsgeschiedenis
Thema : Biografie: historisch, politiek en militair
Uitgever : AUP Wetenschappelijk
Verschenen : April 2025
Druk : 1
Uitvoering : Paperback
Conditie : Nieuw
Pagina's : 176
Afmetingen : 213 x 136 x 12 mm
Gewicht : 302 gram
Beschrijving

When he returned to the Netherlands in 2009, decades after World War II, Jefferson Wiggins realized that no one he met knew about the segregated US Army during the war, nor did they know about the contribution of Black American soldiers to the liberation of the Netherlands. They were not mentioned anywhere in Dutch history books or in archives. Together with oral historian Mieke Kirkels, Wiggins sat down to record his memories. Wiggins passed away in 2013, and his widow, Janice Wiggins-Paterson, continued the project in his memory. With newly discovered archival material, and richly illustrated, this book gives a lively account of an undocumented story of WWII, Black American, and Dutch military history.

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