US EditionForgotten WWII hero, Tuskegee airman honored thanks to student research
- James H. Harvey III, 101, is a decorated Tuskegee Airman and the first Black jet fighter pilot in Korean airspace during the Korean War, having completed 126 missions and won the Air Force's first Gunnery Meet in 1949 with three other airmen.
- The U.S. Air Force removed training courses with videos of the Tuskegee Airmen shortly after Trump's inauguration, which caused bipartisan outrage that prompted a reversal of the action.
- Harvey expressed disappointment over the ongoing prejudice in the U.S., linking it to Trump's actions, stating, 'I thought there was progress in that area, but evidently there isn't.'
- After decades of not being recognized, the 332nd's achievements were finally acknowledged by the Air Force in 1993, and Harvey considered the Gunnery Meet his biggest accomplishment.
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Tuskegee Airman remembers struggle for recognition amid Trump's DEI purge
Col. James H. Harvey III, 101, is among the last few airmen and support crew who proved that a Black unit could fight as well as any other.
Forgotten Jackson WWII hero, Tuskegee airman honored thanks to student research
Second Lt. Theodore Roosevelt Stiger of Jackson was a University of Michigan track athlete, Tuskegee Airman and Purple Heart recipient. He is believed to be Jackson's only Black World War II casualty.
Mississippi WWII Hero Finally Coming Home for Burial - Mississippi Monitor
The remains of U.S. Army Air Forces Staff Sgt. Alvin R. Scarborough, a World War II soldier from Mississippi, are set to be laid to rest in Carthage. Scarborough, a native of Dossville, will be interred on March 29 at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery. According to an official release, he was a member of the 454th Ordnance Company (Aviation) when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December 1941. During the conflict, Scarborough was …
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