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Damn Dust
Author: Mondobubba
Date: 11/09/2012 14:04:36
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TriSec on 11/09/2012 14:23:09
TriSec on 11/09/2012 14:23:09
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Will in Chicago on 11/09/2012 22:37:34
Will in Chicago on 11/09/2012 22:37:34
Mondo, the link did not work.
So, here is what the Montgomery Advertiser had on Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Carter:
Carter told the Montgomery Advertiser back in January that only four of the original Tuskegee Airmen were left.
With Carter's passing, that number is lessened and we are all lessened. The Greatest Generation is passing and Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Carter showed dignity in a war where he was not held in the same esteem as many other veterans. May we honor his legacy by building a better world, where bigotry is something that is part of the history books and not our present day.
So, here is what the Montgomery Advertiser had on Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Carter:
Tuskegee Airman Herbert Carter dies
Legendary pilot promoted his squadron
Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen and one of the most active in promoting the legendary fighter pilots, died Thursday at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, according to Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford.
Ford said Carter was a local and a national hero.
Through their bravery and skill as World War II fighter pilots, the all-black Tuskegee Airmen are credited with not only taking part in winning the war, but in overcoming racial stereotypes and barriers. The fighter pilots’ mission was protecting bombers looking for trains or enemy troops to attack in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Germany.
Carter was one of the 33 original pilot trainees in the Tuskegee Airmen program, a member of the 99th Fighter Squadron and an aircraft maintenance supervisor.
Carter told the Montgomery Advertiser back in January that only four of the original Tuskegee Airmen were left.
With Carter's passing, that number is lessened and we are all lessened. The Greatest Generation is passing and Lieutenant Colonel Herbert Carter showed dignity in a war where he was not held in the same esteem as many other veterans. May we honor his legacy by building a better world, where bigotry is something that is part of the history books and not our present day.