Famous Tuskegee Artifact

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The Florida A&M University Black Archives is one establishment that is underrated and is not appreciated enough by students. Once I walked in, you felt the history come alive as they had many artifacts posted up everywhere as you walked. The artifact I chose the was The Famous Tuskegee Airmen; The Tuskegee Airmen were the first black servicemen to served as the Army Air Force during World War II. These group of men were called the “Redtails” a nickname given to them because of the red painted tails on their planes and between 1943 and 1945 they flew more than 15,000 sorties. The Squadron lost its first pilots in a two-plane crash. Shooting down five German planes in one-day, prompt 332nd Fighter Group being granted the Distinguished Unit Citation

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