House
Resolution
105
-
Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
105
BY
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
GAINES
,
COWNIE
,
KRESSIG
,
HUNTER
,
T.
TAYLOR
,
WILLEMS
,
GASKILL
,
PETTENGILL
,
KAUFMANN
,
KOESTER
,
RUNNING-MARQUARDT
,
VANDER
LINDEN
,
HEATON
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
H.
MILLER
,
PETERSEN
,
SCHULTE
,
HUSEMAN
,
KELLEY
,
JACOBY
,
HEIN
,
ARNOLD
,
BERRY
,
WATTS
,
KEARNS
,
LENSING
,
ISENHART
,
ALONS
,
HALL
,
DE
BOEF
,
STECKMAN
,
LYKAM
,
MUHLBAUER
,
MASCHER
,
M.
SMITH
,
COHOON
,
WITTNEBEN
,
WINCKLER
,
THEDE
,
HANSON
,
KAJTAZOVIC
,
HEDDENS
,
and
DEYOE
A
Resolution
remembering
and
honoring
the
Tuskegee
1
Airmen.
2
WHEREAS,
at
a
time
when
the
United
States
is
again
3
combating
terrorism,
it
is
good
to
remember
an
earlier
4
time
when
bloodshed
and
terror
surrounded
the
globe,
5
and
Americans
stepped
forward
and
put
themselves
in
6
harm’s
way
——
among
them
were
the
Tuskegee
Airmen;
and
7
WHEREAS,
at
the
dawn
of
World
War
II
the
66th
8
Air
Force
Flying
School
at
Tuskegee
Institute
was
9
established
to
train
African-American
pilots
for
the
10
war;
and
11
WHEREAS,
almost
1,000
African-Americans
trained
at
12
the
Tuskegee
Army
Air
Field
in
Tuskegee,
Alabama,
and
13
450
of
the
men
were
sent
overseas
for
combat
duty;
and
14
WHEREAS,
these
pilots
were
known
as
“Tuskegee
15
Airmen”
and
were
nicknamed
“Red-Tail
Angels”
after
the
16
red
tail
markings
on
their
aircraft;
and
17
WHEREAS,
the
99th
Fighter
Squadron
was
sent
to
18
North
Africa
in
the
spring
of
1943
for
combat
duty
and
19
in
1944,
they
were
joined
by
other
African-American
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squadrons
to
form
the
332nd
Fighter
Squadron,
which
21
flew
missions
over
Sicily,
the
Mediterranean,
and
North
22
Africa;
and
23
WHEREAS,
the
Tuskegee
Airmen
compiled
an
outstanding
24
record,
completing
more
than
1,500
missions,
destroying
25
260
enemy
aircraft,
sinking
an
enemy
destroyer,
and
26
demolishing
other
enemy
installations;
and
27
WHEREAS,
during
the
war,
66
Tuskegee
Airmen
were
28
killed
in
action
and
32
were
held
as
prisoners
of
1
war;
and
2
WHEREAS,
through
their
exploits
the
Tuskegee
Airmen
3
helped
end
segregation
in
the
military;
and
4
WHEREAS,
the
Tuskegee
Airmen
were
awarded
numerous
5
honors,
including
the
Congressional
Gold
Medal,
awarded
6
during
a
ceremony
with
President
George
W.
Bush
in
7
2007;
NOW
THEREFORE,
8
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
9
the
House
of
Representatives
honors
the
brave
service
10
of
the
Tuskegee
Airmen
and
thanks
them
for
their
11
service
to
the
cause
of
freedom.
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