Sent: Thu 3/29/2007 4:07 PM
To: Gregg, Perry
Subject: Tuskegee Airmen Finally Honored
Perry,
Few Americans gave human form to the words pain and ambivalence like the Black GIs during World War II. They caught hell at home and abroad.
Of the many indignities heaped upon them few could match the widespread practice of permitting Nazi prisoners of war to eat in diners, ride in train cars and enjoy other amenities that Black soldiers in uniform, were denied--in the United States.
Many of the heroic Tuskegee Airmen had these experiences. It is therefore gratifying to see that President George W. Bush and the U. S. Congress have finally honored these mostly octogenarians with our nation's highest honor, the Congressional Gold Medal (see link below):
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17832248/
Best regards,
David