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.
- Cover
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Preface to this Edition
- Introduction to this Edition
- Introduction to the Second Edition
- Chapter 1 – Houston County,Alabama
- Chapter 2 – A Segregated Crossing
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- Chapter 3 – Digging Graves
- Chapter 4 – The Fields ofMargraten
- Chapter 5 – The NetherlandsAmerican Cemetery and Memorial
- Chapter 6 – American Policyagainst Racism in Wartime
- Chapter 7 – Professional Soldieror Civilian?
- Chapter 8 – A Long Career inEducation
- Chapter 9 – Lessons ofMargraten
- Chapter 10 – Back to Margraten:A Telephone Call from the Past
- Chapter 11 – Margraten 2009
- Chapter 12 –People Should Know!
- Chapter 13 – A Follow-up OralHistory Project
- Chapter 14 – People Should Know,the Sequel
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Literature
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