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To my readers:

The use of the “N” word was a must. It was required to present to you the prevailing historical bigotry, the inbred hate and the inhumane treatment that Gene, his family and so many other Black Americans endured. The word has not been used for dramatic impact, but as reality.

Through five years of intensive research and developing a unique series of imaginary conversations and interviews with a man I never met, Gene Bullard and I became friends. Though he died in 1961, I know I heard his voice and you too will hear and see him as he guides you and shares his incredible lifetime.

There were times where there was only a hint, a remark or a small notation of an incident, hence , I took literary license to imagine it.

My grateful thanks to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, for their cooperation in furnishing material and affording permission to use the Museum’s photograph file, including the cover picture of Gene Bullard in the World War One uniform of the French Foreign Legion.