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In July of 1941, a small group of Americans, all of them volunteers, gathered at a tiny airfield in Tuskegee, Alabama. Their goal? Build a special fighter unit for the U.S. Army Air Corps. It was not the planes they flew or the weapons they employed that made them unique. It was the color of their skin. In the 1940's our military, like our country, was segregated. And many inside Washington power circles believed black men didn't have the courage or the skill to fly combat aircraft. Forced to train and serve in a segregated unit, the Tuskegee Airmen would have to prove them wrong.
They overcame racism at home and abroad and by the end of World War II, these pilots earned military respect for their air prowess. Nicknamed "Red Tails" for the color painted on their aircraft, over 1,000 black aviators and thousands of mechanics and technicians were trained at Tuskegee. The Red Tails flew over 15,000 combat missions and destroyed over 250 enemy planes. But perhaps their most impressive accomplishment didn't involve destruction or death. They saved lives. During Allied escort missions over Europe, these men never lost a bomber to the enemy.
In this inspiring episode of "War Stories with Oliver North," you'll hear how Chief Alfred Anderson flew Eleanor Roosevelt and earned the First Lady's respect. And, Lee Archer explains the controversy surrounding his shot at becoming the first black ace.
They overcame racism at home and abroad and by the end of World War II, these pilots earned military respect for their air prowess. Nicknamed "Red Tails" for the color painted on their aircraft, over 1,000 black aviators and thousands of mechanics and technicians were trained at Tuskegee. The Red Tails flew over 15,000 combat missions and destroyed over 250 enemy planes. But perhaps their most impressive accomplishment didn't involve destruction or death. They saved lives. During Allied escort missions over Europe, these men never lost a bomber to the enemy.
In this inspiring episode of "War Stories with Oliver North," you'll hear how Chief Alfred Anderson flew Eleanor Roosevelt and earned the First Lady's respect. And, Lee Archer explains the controversy surrounding his shot at becoming the first black ace.
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By Barbara Hale
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This story is needing to be told, people of color were not treated well duirng those years , today they are people of talent.
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They got the right personb to tell the story of the Red Tails!!! Oliver North knows his stuff when it comes to anyu and all things military!!!!
