Fort Morgan Public Library

"In July of 1866, Congress passed the Army Reorganization Act, establishing six all-Black cavalry and infantry regiments. While African Americans had fought in every prior American military conflict, these units, which became known as Buffalo Soldiers, became the first peacetime regular regiments. Between 1875 and 1879, soldiers in the 9th Cavalry were stationed at Fort Garland. Early Buffalo Soldier units often consisted of men formerly enslaved....

In 1945, thirteen-year-old Levi is sent to find the father he has not seen in three years, going from Chicago, to segregated North Carolina, and finally to Pendleton, Oregon, where he learns that his father's unit, the all-Black 555th paratrooper battalion, will never see combat but finally has a mission. Includes historical notes.

Traces the childhood of George A. Custer from the son of a blacksmith in Ohio to his death in 1876 at the Battle of the Little Big Horn.

Major Jim Grant developed a program of training Afgan police forces to protect their own villages through training and support and he made a plan to work on the ground to see his plan succeed.

Traces the history of the Tuskegee airmen, combat operations, missions, and events.