Administration, CBC join to honor Tuskegee Airmen

[TonyB06]

Rep. Rangel is an Alpha bruh...

Rumsfeld, Rangel Allied in Boosting Tuskegee Airmen
By Monisha Bansal
Jan 5, 2006

(CNSNews.com) - The U.S. secretary of defense and one of the most prominent members of the Congressional Black Caucus, usually at odds over military matters and just about everything else, are on the same side in an effort to recognize the achievements of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.

The Tuskegee Airmen were an elite group of 450 African American fighter pilots who broke the military's racial barrier in a training program created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941, the same year the U.S. entered World War II.

Legislation to recognize the Airmen with the Congressional Gold Medal still needs more than 80 votes to achieve a two-thirds passage in the House. The bill was sponsored by liberal Democratic Rep. Charles Rangel of New York and has been endorsed by Bush administration Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. The Senate version has already passed. In order to award a Congressional Gold Medal, a bill must be passed by two-thirds of the House and Senate.

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[RBL]

Excellent

[AKA2D '91]

Indeed!
One of my relatives was a TA. Also, someone else on GC had a relative that was a TA.

[06pilot]

The Tuskeegee Airmem are my mentors.I am a member of Tuskeegee Airmen, inc and go to the fly-ins every year at Tuskeegee, AL. I have always wondered how many Tuskeegee Airmen are Alphamen.