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Essay / Tuskegee Airmen - 774
As I was conducting my research on the Tuskegee Airmen, I found several articles that would be very helpful in my article regarding the Tuskegee Airmen. The new items found will allow me to study and determine the quality of their flight control. I would also enlighten myself on their missions and how they looked at their own performance. These articles will also help me tell their stories about the impact of discrimination on their lives. Reading these articles has helped me better tell this amazing story. It gives me dates and times and a list of what really led them to success in life. In the first article "The Lonely Eagles" by Robert A. Rose, DDS gave me a good overview of who these men really were. The U.S. Air Force Association honored all Tuskegee Airmen of World War II at the 2008 Air and Space Conference. They presented lifetime achievement awards to all in attendance. Retired airmen such as Col. Charles McGhee, Lt. Col. Walter McCreary and Col. Elmer Jones were there to share the spotlight they deserved. They left a lasting legacy for Airmen and support personnel. In his book “Lonely Eagles,” Dr. Robert A. Rose tells the story of black American pilots during World War II. The book is a story of true patriotism and remarkable fighting skills. The U.S. Air Force Association expresses its gratitude and the nation thanks these heroes for their duty performed more than 60 years ago. In my second article “Air Force Integrates” by Alan L. Gropman. Racial integration of black pilots in the Air Force during World War II until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. Alan L. Gropman states that the military desegregated, not for moral reasons or political, but only to improve the effectiveness of the army...... middle of paper .... by defending a country that considered him a second-class citizen. He was a native of Detroit, and Jefferson joined the Army Air Corps in 1941. He trained at Tuskegee, Alabama, becoming a second lieutenant in 1942. He joined one of the greats. decorated combat groups during the war, flying the P-51. Based in Italy, Jefferson flew escort missions over Europe before being shot down in France in 1944. My latest article "332nd Fighter Group - Tuskegee Airmen". by Chris Bucholtz, illustrated by Jim Laurier. The Tuskegee Experiment was an experiment to show and prove that Negroes could not fly fighter planes. Ironically, this resulted in the arrival of one of the Army Air Corp's elite units. I was able to gather more information from this source than from any other source I have encountered. He informed me of the planes they flew and where they fought, how many were killed and who became prisoners of war..