Kamis, 20 Juli 2017

Tuskegee Airmen, 1941-45

The first African-American U.S. fighter pilots not only destroyed Nazi planes but also shattered racial stereotype. By the beginning of World War II, African-Americans had fought in the United States’ wars since the American Revolution. During the Civil War, Indian Wars, Spanish-American War and World War I, they served with distinction, and some received the …

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