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2012/05/28 08:31
2012/05/28 08:31
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Project, which supports wounded veterans. Connie Nappier Jr., 88, of Hartford, one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen who defied the racial barrier to serve as pilots in World War II, stood tall inside...
2012/05/28 08:31
2012/05/28 08:31
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2012/05/28 06:17
2012/05/28 06:17
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... P-51. As the red and white war bird zipped through the sky, the announcer talked about how the Tuskegee Airmen flew the plane during World War II and didn’t let one of the bombers they escorted...
2012/05/28 06:03
2012/05/28 06:03
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It wasn't until after my great-grandfather died that I learned he had received two Purple Hearts, two Bronze Stars and a Silver Star for his service during World War II and the Korean War. Although he...
2012/05/28 05:44
2012/05/28 05:44
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... at the memorial at the Lansing Municipal Airport. Special honor was given this year to the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, a group of black aviators who faced discrimination from Americans,...
2012/05/27 09:55
2012/05/27 09:55
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... taking advantage of the Memorial Day weekend to help highlight the history of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen. The Airmen were the first African American military pilots and their support...
2012/05/27 07:30
2012/05/27 07:30
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San Juan Hill. The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum in Houston helps keep the story alive. The Tuskegee Airmen In World War II, nearly 1,000 African-American fighter pilots escorted bombers and...
2012/05/27 03:47
2012/05/27 03:47
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The Museum of Aviation’s Tuskegee Airmen exhibit has won the 2012 U.S Air Force Heritage Award. The honor comes just a few months after the exhibit won the Georgia Association of Museums and...
2012/05/25 22:17
2012/05/25 22:17
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... America with honor and distinction. Kai Jackson had the privilege of talking with several Tuskegee Airmen who are working hard to tell their story. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first...
2012/05/25 18:19
2012/05/25 18:19
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On Memorial Day, we pay tribute to the uniformed men and women who have given everything in our nation’s defense. From the battlefields of past struggles to the current fight, we set aside this day...
2012/05/25 06:12
2012/05/25 06:12
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... for fighting for his nation Before Ret. Col. Harold Brown helped blaze trails with the Tuskegee Airmen, before he flew fighter planes over Germany, before he was shot down twice and...
2012/05/25 01:54
2012/05/25 01:54
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... Military Recognition Day and presents the Col. Charles E. MeGee Scholarship on Thursday on Bass Commons at Columbia College. Boyd flew with the Tuskegee Airmen during his time in the...
2012/05/24 23:55
2012/05/24 23:55
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Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly, and a group of elderly Tuskegee Airmen, who were the subject of the 2012 film “Red Tails” produced by George...
2012/05/24 23:07
2012/05/24 23:07
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... a.m. ceremony at Sonoma Veterans Memorial Day, is the distinguished service of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military aviators in the history of the U.S. military....
2012/05/24 12:21
2012/05/24 12:21
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Harbour, Men Of Honour and his new film Red Tails, which is inspired by the true story about the Tuskegee Airmen - World War II's first African-American fighter squadron. "I just try to instil a...
2012/05/23 22:50
2012/05/23 22:50
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... by John Ridley and Aaron McGruder follows a very safe paint-by-numbers approach. The Tuskegee Airmen story is a powerful example of racism that prevented talented Americans from...
2012/05/23 22:45
2012/05/23 22:45
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... are flying. I'm very proud of that. James McLaurin (1923-2010) of Oak Bluffs flew with the Tuskegee Airmen in the European Theater: I wanted to be a pilot, so after basic training they sent...
2012/05/23 20:30
2012/05/23 20:30
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At 10 a.m. today, 88-year-old World War II veteran and one of few remaining original Tuskegee Airmen Leonard Yates, with 73-year-old Walter Suggs, president of the Tuskegee Airmen chapter in...
2012/05/22 19:46
2012/05/22 19:46
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... with a free traveling exhibit called Rise Above. You can catch a 14-minute movie about the Tuskegee Airmen on a 160-degree movie screen on a 53-foot trailer (hey, we said this was a traveling...
2012/05/22 00:59
2012/05/22 00:59
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... in the program was Lt. Col. Leo Gray, of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, who was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. Now 87 years old, he flew a P-51 like the ones used in World War II as recently as...
2012/05/21 14:01
2012/05/21 14:01
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Denise Driehaus, D-Clifton Heights, asked that I-75 from Cincinnati to Toledo be named for the Tuskegee Airmen, the fighting force of African-Americans who faced discrimination at home but fought...