Tuskegee Airmen 8 PM tonight

[Ickie]

108 H2: Friday, January 13 8:00 PM
Special, History

Original footage of the Tuskegee Airmen and their own words.


Original Air Date: Jan 13, 2012

 

[mikezola]

Hello-

Great program! Man, did those guys have to put up with some kind of crap! Even from their CO's! Fortunately, they had the Luftwaffe to take it out on...

I hereby tip my cap to them all...

-Mike Z.

 

[SpitXIV]

Re: Same

Hello-

Great program! Man, did those guys have to put up with some kind of crap! Even from their CO's! Fortunately, they had the Luftwaffe to take it out on...

I hereby tip my cap to them all...

-Mike Z.

Roger That! :salute: The surviving Airmen eventually got their medals, much too late.

 

[Panther_99FS]

Hello-

Great program! Man, did those guys have to put up with some kind of crap! Even from their CO's! -Mike Z.

Definitely!
To maintain your composure at home stateside while witnessing German POWs having more rights & being treated better must have required herculean levels of inner strength.

I'm honored & humbled to say that as a kid, I had a neighbor who was a Tuskegee Airman....

 

[Eoraptor1]

Saw it. Remember, at the time, the US had fully legal apartheid. During this same time frame, one of my uncles took his basic training in a small town in Mississippi. According to him there was a big sign right outside the town which said "N*gg*r, read and run!!!" Lots of changes. I'll be going to see Red Tails next week. I'll write my review after I've seen the movie. I'll not say anything more about that film till then.

JAMES

 

[Ickie]

it on again and it is better the second time, lol