Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond

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Illustrations Smithville, Texas 9 Graduation, Smithville Colored High School 20 Prairie View New Farmers of America 21 Induction into the army 25 155-mm howitzer 27 4.5-inch gun 29 Evacuation hospital in Normandy 43 Gun crew 49 Treating the wounded in artillery aid stations near Übach, Germany 61 30th Division infantrymen at Hurtgen Forest 67 Dugout for gun crew 71 Crossing the Roer River 73 Squeeze on the Rhine (map) 75 Crew digging in 77 Placing fuses in shells 78 Treadway pontoon bridge over the Rhine River 80 War comes to Germany 87 Ruhr Pocket under siege (map) 88 Owens at rehabilitation camp, 1945 91 Owens with mother after discharge from army, 1946 103 Emiel W. Owens, 1947 106 Hattie L. Owens, 1948 107 Visit to chapel in Bucha, Germany 127 Home in Houston 131 Emiel W. Owens, 2004 132 BLOOD ON GERMAN SNOW ...