Tuskegee Airmen Urge Integration and Triumph in War
Airmen detail racial resistance to arming black troops while Roosevelt privately authorized a separate unit. The 332nd Fighter Group flew 15,000 missions, shot down 300 enemy aircraft, and did not lose a bomber. Pilots faced club and facility access bans yet earned hundreds of medals amid praise from scientists and students.
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Roosevelt
Skeegee
Martin
Tuskeegee
Tuskeegee College
332Nd Fighter Group
332Nd
Tuskeegee Airmen Produce Nearly 1000 Pilots and Awards
The Tuskeegee Airmen produced nearly 1,000 pilots who earned about 900 awards including one Silver Star and one Legion of Merit. They gathered 95 Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Soldier’s Medals, 14 Bronze Stars, eight Purple Hearts, and 744 Air Medals with Oak Leaf Clusters. Every pilot reportedly had a perfect military record.
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Tuskeegee
Rend Lake College hosts Farm and Garden Spring Fling
Rend Lake College in Ina invites the public to a free Farm and Garden Spring Fling on April 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event features spring plants, water gardens, aquaculture, crafts, petting zoo, hay rides, face painting, food vendors, and free seminars led by local experts on topics like landscaping, lawn care, water garden do's and don'ts, and herbs.
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INA
Rend Lake College
Aaron Peters
Family Roots Nursery
Fairfield
Ed Billingsley
RLC
Jeff Kindhart
Debbie White
Mt. Vernon
Candice Fitch
Dawn Gibson
Pinckneyville district plans school upgrades and bids
Pinckneyville schools will update playgrounds at the kindergarten first and grades 2 3 areas with funnel ball basketball goals benches and jungle gym style equipment. A two section bid for grade school window replacement will start next month while interior upgrades proceed.
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