'Honor them any way possible': Tuskegee airman buried at Salisbury cemetery 79 years after death

'Honor them any way possible': Tuskegee airman buried at Salisbury cemetery 79 years after death

SALISBURY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) -- The remains of Charlotte native, and Tuskegee Airman, Second Lt. Fred Brewer Jr., have been returned to American soil and now rest amongst fellow servicemembers at the Salisbury National Cemetery, nearly eight decades since he passed away. The Wednesday ceremony was held at the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, followed by a ceremony at the cemetery with full military honors, which included a 21-gun salut…

‘Honor them any way possible’: Tuskegee airman buried at NC cemetery 79 years after death

The airman crashed while on a daring mission in Germany on October 29, 1944.