A warm welcome

Jet, March 25, 2002

Ten Tuskegee Airmen join former President George Bush at the Alabama Theatre in Birmingham, AL, for a sneak preview of The Tuskegee Airmen, a documentary. The film features airmen (l-r) Dr. Roscoe Brown, Jr.; Lt. Col. (Ret) Charles Dryden (sitting); Lt. Col. (Ret) Gene Carter and the Hon. Percy Sutton, former Manhattan Borough president.

Not shown are Lt. Col. (Ret) Lee Archer, Jr.; Col. (Ret) William Campbell; Williams Childs, Sr.; Lt. Col. (Ret) Clarence Jamison; Col. (Ret) Charles McGee and Carrol Woods. The Tuskegee Airmen distinguished themselves in North Africa and Europe during World War II, flying more than 15,000 sorties and destroying more than 450 enemy planes.

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