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Braided in Fire
Book • 2020
Solace Wales's 'Braided in Fire' examines interactions between Black American soldiers of the 92nd Infantry and Tuscan villagers during the Gothic Line campaign in 1944.
The book explores personal stories, local memory, and the wartime alliances that formed amidst combat and occupation.
Wales draws on archival research and on-the-ground investigation in Italy to reconstruct events and memorials, including the story of Lieutenant John R. Fox. It highlights both the valor of Black soldiers and the racial segregation they faced within the U.S.
military.
The work places individual acts of heroism in the broader context of race, memory, and wartime civilian-military relations in Italy.
The book explores personal stories, local memory, and the wartime alliances that formed amidst combat and occupation.
Wales draws on archival research and on-the-ground investigation in Italy to reconstruct events and memorials, including the story of Lieutenant John R. Fox. It highlights both the valor of Black soldiers and the racial segregation they faced within the U.S.
military.
The work places individual acts of heroism in the broader context of race, memory, and wartime civilian-military relations in Italy.
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