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Black and White Airmen: Their True History
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4.2 out of 5
Based on 28 Ratings and 15 Reviews

Book Description
Here is the true history of a friendship that almost wasn't.

John Leahr and Herb Heilbrun grew up in the same neighborhood and were in the same third grade class together. They were classmates- not friends- because Herb was white and John was black.

John and Herb were twenty-one when the United States entered WWII. Herb became an Army Air Forces B-17 bomber pilot. John flew P-51 figh... More
Book Information
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Company
BindingHardcover (5 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages160
ISBN-100618562974
ISBN-13978-0618562978
Publication Date06/18/2007
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About John Fleischman (Author) : John Fleischman is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of John Fleischman include Phineas Gage: A Gruesome but True Story About Brain Science, Black and White Airmen:... more
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