They flew in from across the country, dapper elderly gentlemen converging on the nation's capital for a long-overdue tribute. There was Lee Archer from New York, the only African American to be designated a flying ace in World War II. There was William "Bill" Terry of Los Angeles, the war hero who later went to law school but was prohibited from practicing because he had protested segregation in military facilities .... -
Tuskegee Airmen Receive a Nation's Salute
They flew in from across the country, dapper elderly gentlemen converging on the nation's capital for a long-overdue tribute. There was Lee Archer from New York, the only African American to be designated a flying ace in World War II. There was William "Bill" Terry of Los Angeles, the war hero who later went to law school but was prohibited from practicing because he had protested segregation in military facilities ....-
By Avis Thomas-Lester