This group of black heroes finally got their due and had personal invitations to all the inauguration hoopla yesterday.
They put their lives on the line in service of their country in World War II, and yet, upon return to the US, many again found themselves second-class citizens, the same as before.
Over 16,000 pilots and ground personnel trained at the Tuskegee Institute during the war and then served overseas. Of that number, about 330 are still alive and around 200 of the old gentlemen, in their 80s and 90s, attended. Many were in wheel chairs and were otherwise crippled, but yet they came.
This had to be a proud moment for them and the country.
Couldn't Be Prouder. --Cooter
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