tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post8166230764590968981..comments2024-03-28T08:07:03.254-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: The Tuskegee AirmenOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81739480661074686182014-06-25T18:06:37.101-07:002014-06-25T18:06:37.101-07:00Amazing. There are so few of them left. It's h...Amazing. There are so few of them left. It's hard to remember names at times, especially when face to face with someone like that.<br /><br />While you're right that a hero's name shouldn't be forgotten, we do the best we can to honor their memories.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44714654549789454032014-06-25T17:40:26.061-07:002014-06-25T17:40:26.061-07:00When we visited New Orleans a couple of years ago,...When we visited New Orleans a couple of years ago, MY WIFE and I had opportunity to visit the great WWII museum in that city. And the day we visited, a talk was given by one of the Tuskegee Airmen. What an honor to shake that man's hand afterward!<br /><br />(I'm ashamed to say I can't recall his name now. A hero's name should never be forgotten.)Suldoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07778845367184916684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-47822620489800655372014-06-25T10:57:29.666-07:002014-06-25T10:57:29.666-07:00You mean when the 100th Fighter Squadron joined th...You mean when the 100th Fighter Squadron joined the 187th right? (You had me convinced, for a moment, that WWII was a hundred years ago. I know it feels like that.)<br /><br />I couldn't find any news articles with good photos of recent vintage. I do know that the 187th deployed this past spring.<br /><br />The red tails look good on those -16s!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58823126702775041102014-06-25T10:40:59.141-07:002014-06-25T10:40:59.141-07:00The 'Bama ANG still celebrates the Red Tails. ...The 'Bama ANG <a href="http://exileinportales.blogspot.com/2012/10/lawn-darts-and-fishbeds.html" rel="nofollow">still celebrates</a> the Red Tails. Or at least they did during the 100th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen... I don't know if they kept the paint jobs for ever and ever.Buckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319116022465066060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-34198994200736730932014-06-25T08:03:18.823-07:002014-06-25T08:03:18.823-07:00Thanks Joe. Glad you liked it, those men were some...Thanks Joe. Glad you liked it, those men were something else.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-15365366326757666692014-06-25T07:49:18.116-07:002014-06-25T07:49:18.116-07:00Great story.Great story.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.com