Local Tuskegee Airman Shares His Experience
Rome, NY (WIBX) - Herbert C. Thorpe is one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. His journey to become one of the few Tuskegee Airmen started in 1939, after President Franklin D. Roosevelt, as part of his New Deal economic initiative, opened the Civilian Pilot Training Program to African Americans. This is his story…
Part I
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Part II
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