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Trade ReviewMarv Truhe has given us a long overdue and welcome chronicle of a shameful episode of racial injustice on a Navy aircraft carrier during the Vietnam War. As a young military defense counsel representing several unfairly accused Black sailors, Truhe is well positioned to set the record straight on what was mischaracterized as a race riot incited by Blacks against whites. Truhe tells an important, largely unknown story from the war many would like to forget." - Eugene L. Meyer, author of
Five for Freedom: The African American Soldiers in John Brown's Army"Marv Truhe transcends military history and legal drama. This book goes beyond the strategies that shaped the Vietnam War or the courtrooms that determined individual sailors' destinies. Truhe delivers a compelling blow-by-blow account of events both on the
Kitty Hawk and after—and in so doing, he crafts a powerful testimony to the American struggle for justice itself." - Ted Kemp, coauthor,
The Ragged Edge: A US Marine’s Account of Leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion "Impossible to put down. Gifted author Marv Truhe has created a disturbing picture of lingering institutional racism in America's military. Meticulously researched, this eye-opening narrative adds necessary context to the historical record of Black sailors' service in Vietnam." - Robert Child, author of
Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War IITable of ContentsPreface
Part 1: Kitty Hawk at Sea
- In the Beginning
- New Captain
- Trouble in Subic Bay
- A Night to Remember
- A Time to Remember
- Return to Subic Bay
Part 2: Coming Home
- Adding Insult to Injury
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Kitty Hawk Lawyers
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Kitty Hawk Defendants
- Pretrial Confinement
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Part 3: Defending the Accused
- Command Threat
- Justice on Trial
- Undercover
- Withholding of Evidence
- Undercover Triumph
- Unequal Justice
Part 4: Trial Outcomes and Beyond
- Finding Justice
- Perjury on Trial
- Reflections
Where Are They Now?
