Tuskegee Airmen Honored For Excellent WWII Service

The Squadrons of African-American volunteer pilots who found both the Nazis as well racism during WWII, were honored at an emotional ceremony in the Capitol. About 1,000 of American's brightest among the African-American community formed this elite core of excellent fighter pilots who never lost a single allied bomber during the war with Germany, and destroyed 150 German aircraft in the air and 250 more on the ground in an estimated 15,000 bombing sorties. 66 of the African-American pilots were killed in combat with the Germans and another 34 were taken proisoner after being shot down. The Tuskegee Airmen were some of the very best pilots of WWII with their excellent record, and many of the former members of this elite group of pilots went on to become doctors or other top members of the African-American community.

The Tuskegee Airmen had such a fine record of providing safe bomber escorts that even some of the most racist White bomber crews asked for their escorts compared to the other groups with spotty records. The Tuskegee Airmen were excellent pilots and proved exceptional bravery and were very impressive as one of the best groups of American pilots ever during any wartime.

Even President Bush could not hold back back a tearful salute to their excellent service. Perhaps around 200 remain alive today, as "America's Greatest Generation" ages and passes away. But some all African-American military groups such as aircraft and tank units were known for being some of the finest American soldiers during WWII.

Some groups of Japanese-Americans who fought in Germany were also excellent units, and Navejo Native-Americans provided important code work in the Pacific were the Japanese were not able to break down this code. American ethnic groups provided some great services during WWII, and proved exceptional skills and bravery.