He was a Minnesota native, a pilot who escorted bombers in World War II, and a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first Black military pilots. When asked why he wanted to serve, even though he ...
The issuance by President Harry S. Truman of Executive Order No. 9981 finally integrated the United States Army, but it was not until Vietnam that Black and white soldiers truly became accustomed ...
The Black Hawk pilots who collided with an American Airlines ... Now it’ll have to prove itself once again 38 Years Later, This Vietnam War Movie With 100% on Rotten Tomatoes Is Still Flawless ...
Sit-in student protests in 1968 helped to end that requirement; however, even after the U.S. closed its chapter with Vietnam and the ... to graduate as many pilots, black pilots as he could ...