W. Douglas Fisher served for ten years as an Army and
Foreign Service officer after Princeton University, and then worked
in computers and banking. His grandfather's letters and diaries of
his experiences as an officer in World War I with the 92nd Division
triggered Fisher's research and writing. He lives in Arlington,
Virginia, and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
Joann H. Buckley taught history and English after Longwood
University and then worked in Washington, D.C., nonprofits for more
than 20 years. Her grandfather was with New York's 77th Division
and her grandmother, a nurse in New York, treated the wounded
returning from Europe. She lives in Arlington, Virginia, and Palm
Beach Gardens, Florida.
"This prodigious work promises to captivate interested general readers and invite scholars to expand the seldom seen swaths of African American life at war and at home that open with the vistas of the 104 physicians"--Library Journal; "Excellent work"--The NYMAS Review; "well-researched"--Watermark; "The authors have performed a valuable bit of thoughtful, detailed research. The result is an evenhanded review of the lives of these remarkable men during a critical period of American history."-- William Hanigan, MD, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Neurosurgery.
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