re: #50 theheat

Yea…like I said earlier- the Code Talkers, Tuskeege Airmen and 442nd Infantry Regiment all came from groups that were marginalized or discriminated against and could’ve just as easily thought No Thanks- don’t have a dog in this fight…instead, they put their asses on the line because they believed in something greater than themselves.

I was at an airshow a few years ago and there was a booth set up about the Tuskeege Airmen. I was going to visit it, but I got a good look at the guy manning the booth (as far as I know, it was an ‘official’ Tuskeegee Airmen booth)…he was way too young to be a WWII Vet.

And it dawned on me…chances are most of the surviving Tuskeegee Airmen were too old or infirm to travel. That might be overstating it a bit, but I was very very very sad upon realizing that was a possibility.