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Tuskegee Airmen
Remembering WWII’s distinguished African-American aviators.
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A video tribute to the Black aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen.
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John L. Harrison Jr., one of the members of the famed all-African-American Tuskegee Airmen, died March 22, 2017, in a Philadelphia hospice. He was 96.
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Willie N. Rogers, the oldest surviving member of the original Tuskegee Airmen who became legendary for their service in World War II, died Nov. 18, 2016, in St. Petersburg, Florida. …
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Dabney Montgomery, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen who marched for civil rights with the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., died Sept. 3, 2016, of natural causes, according to …
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Roscoe Brown was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
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Mal Whitfield, a Tuskegee airman who won three Olympic gold medals, has died, according to The Associated Press. He was 91.
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Milton Pitts Crenchaw, a flight instructor who trained many of the U.S. military’s Tuskegee Airmen, has died in Georgia, according to the Associated Press. He was 96.
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