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This week: Host Bobbee Zeno continues his series, “The Tuskegee Airmen Legacy,” with historian, Craig Huntly. They’ll explore the life of Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who broke color barriers and shattered racial myths as the commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen and the first African-American general in the United States Air Force.
Read details about Gen. Davis’ career at the official website of the U.S. Air Force and at Aviation-History.com. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen has been made into a new film executive produced by George Lucas entitled, Red Tails. See a preview here.
