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Title: ace Tuskegee Airman dies
Post by: oakranger on January 29, 2010, 03:04:13 AM

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_tuskegee_airman (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100129/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_tuskegee_airman)

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Post by: McDeath on January 29, 2010, 05:23:06 AM

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Post by: Impakt on January 29, 2010, 05:43:25 AM

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Post by: mbailey on January 29, 2010, 05:46:07 AM

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Post by: AApache on January 29, 2010, 06:07:09 AM

  My wife ,sons and I had the pleasure of meeting Mr.Archer and four other Airmen at their book sighning held at the Historical Air Museum in Northern Virginia last summer. They gave a lecture , Q and A session , autographs and pictures. They also gave my son a copy of their flight training manual and autobiography. I looked like a dang deer in headlights when I saw them. I had so many questions to ask but the first one that came out of my mouth was "have you ever heard of aces high"  :aok  , and how about logging on with us sometime ? They laughed and took down the website and basically gave me the been there done that which I could totally understand.

  They were very humble and personable and made themselves available for any reqeusts the crowd had. I  :salute those gentlemen for having the courage and gumption to basically stand up and fight to defend a nation that would have rather saw them HANG and then to eventually change the hearts and minds of an entire nation  :rock !!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart and for your sacrifice and contribution we  :salute you !!

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Post by: Reschke on January 29, 2010, 07:34:52 AM

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I didn't get to meet him personally but last year I was privileged to sit on beside one of these men who did the unthinkable at the time and we had a great conversation. One time during the 2 hours we talked about WW2 and his experience. The rest of the time we talked about our families and what his life had been like AFTER being a Tuskegee Airman. It was a very humbling experience to get to spend that time with the man talking about life and it is something that I will never forget.

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Post by: lowZX14 on January 29, 2010, 08:03:27 AM

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Post by: jolly22 on January 29, 2010, 08:46:56 AM

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He was scheduled to talk at our museum next month.

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Post by: jd on January 29, 2010, 11:25:25 AM

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Post by: Maverick on January 29, 2010, 12:15:51 PM

RIP Sir and thank you.
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Post by: soda72 on January 29, 2010, 12:50:47 PM

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Post by: Phaser11 on January 29, 2010, 03:09:22 PM

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Post by: crazyivan on January 29, 2010, 03:31:19 PM

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Post by: tassos on January 29, 2010, 03:32:13 PM

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Post by: Dadsguns on January 29, 2010, 04:10:00 PM

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Post by: Babalonian on January 29, 2010, 05:36:02 PM

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Sad sad news.

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Post by: Rattler on January 29, 2010, 06:10:22 PM

 :salute It would be an honor if i could ever meat a man who served during WW2