Includes bibliographical references (pages 390-393) and index

Prologue -- The Roads to the War and the American Conflict -- Chapter 1. The Fight For The Right To Fight -- Chapter 2. A Dream Comes True -- Chapter 3. The Road to War -- Chapter 4. A Taste of Combat -- Chapter 5. The Sicilian Campaign -- Chapter 6. The Dark Days -- Chapter 7. From Failure To Success -- Chapter 8. The 99th Fighter Squadron and Operation Strangle -- Chapter 9 The 332nd Fighter Group The Red Tails -- Chapter 10. The 332nd Fighter Croup Enters Combat -- Chapter 11. The 332nd and the Fifteenth Air Force -- Chapter 12. The 99th Joins the 332nd Fighter Group -- Chapter 13. Striking Oil -- Chapter 14. The Invasion of Southern France -- Chapter 15. Striking Around The Clock -- Chapter 16. The Battle of Greece -- Chapter 17. The Balkan Campaign -- Chapter 18. The Collapse of Germany -- Chapter 19. The Organization of the 477th -- Chapter 20. Drawing The Battle Line At Freeman Field -- Chapter 21. Integrating the Air Forces -- Chapter 22. They Changed A Nation -- Chapter 23. Stories of Prisoners of War -- Chapter 24. Leaders of Men -- Chapter 25. The Unsung Heroes -- Chapter 26. To do Battle -- Chapter 27. The Enlisted Men -- Chapter 28. A Forgotten Lonely Eagle -- Appendices -- Footnotes -- References -- COMBAT RECORD OF NEGRO AIRMEN -- RECORD OF ENEMY AIRCRAFT SHOT DOWN BY NEGRO PILOTS -- PILOTS AWARDED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Unofficial List -- TUSKEGEE HONOR ROLL Men Lost in Training, Combat, and on Routine Missions -- SPECIAL ORDERS NO. 85, 1 April 1943 E-X-T-R-A-C-T -- THE MEN-THE RECORDS THE ORIGINAL 99th FIGHTER SQUADRON -- ENLISTED MEN Airplane Mechanics: ORIGINAL 332nd FIGHTER GROUP -- ROSTER OF GRADUATES Advanced Flying School 1942 -- 1946 (Extracted from official Army Air Force documents) -- THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN 1939 -- 1949 -- AAF BLACK MILITARY PERSONNEL SEPTEMBER 1942 -- MARCH 1946 -- LIST OF FIRST 19 OFFICERS ARRESTED AT FREEMAN -- LIST OF 101 OFFICERS ARRESTED AT FREEMAN -- TUSKEGEE AIRMEN HISTORICAL CHRONOLOGY

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