By turns shocking, nightmarish, despairing, bitterly ironic, and, in rare instances, full of laughter, the fifty-five oral histories in The Invisible Soldier add a significant chapter to black history. The interviews disclose the brutality of the unseen wars black servicemen fought when confronted with the official army policy of segregation and by attitudes in southern communities, as well as overseas.

Includes index.

The wrong war in the wrong century -- Servicemen in the Pacific and the Far East -- "Seek, strike, and destroy"--men in the armored forces -- The "Spookwaffe": airmen of the 332nd fighter group -- General Almond's 92nd infantry division.