Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of volunteer African American military pilots (fighters and bombers) who fought in World War II and formed the 332nd Fighter and 477th Bombardment Groups of the United States Army Air Forces.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Force Veteran Lawrence Dickson, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Fitzroy “Buck” Newsum, who served with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II and the Korean War.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is U.S. Army Air Corps Veteran Robert Holts, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen.

On the Tuskegee Airmen birthday, today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran James Harvey III, who served during World War II and the Korean War.

When I reported to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 1959, as good fortune would have it, the placement officer noticed that I had earned a master’s degree in biology and offered me the chance to work in a lab designed to conduct Army research.

Black History Month is a chance to celebrate and honor Black Americans who trailblazed paths for future generations. Among those trailblazers are the Tuskegee Airmen.

VA nurse Cheryl Owens, daughter of Tuskegee, has thought a lot about the weight of history and the skepticism and distrust for the health care industry that lingers in the African American community.

Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Air Force Veteran John Walker, who served as a radio technician and spectrum manager, deploying to Iraq.

Veteran Oscar Gadson served as a Tuskegee airman and a Buffalo soldier in World War II and took part in three battles in northern Italy late in the war.

During this year’s Black History Month, let us honor and celebrate all African American Veterans who have risked, and often sacrificed, their lives in service to this great nation.