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Tuskegee Airmen: Quick Facts

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Date 1941
Areas Of Involvement African Americans
Related People Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

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Poster showing a Tuskegee Airman in flight gear looking upward, with text reading Keep us flying! at the top and Buy War Bonds at the bottom.
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Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
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