Tuskegee Airmen

The Tuskegee Airmen In 1948, President Truman issued Executive Order 9981, which called for "equality of treatment and opportunity" in the armed forces. On March 7, 1942, young black pilots stood at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama. It was at this historic graduation exercise that these men were inducted the into the United States Army Air Corps. Having won the right to fight in the war, the Tuskegee airmen went to Europe to fight. Under LTC Davis, they …

…achieved. The Black officers were now given the same priveleges as White people and they were treated as individuals rather than by their skin color. The greatness of this achievement by the Tuskegee Airmen can be seen in the many important positions held by Black American men and women in every Service and every Branch of the United States Armed Forces. The Tuskegee Airmen made it all possible. They truelly deserve to be called heroes.