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February 24: Hartford’s First Black Policeman Also Became the First of the Famed Tuskegee Airmen.

  The Tuskegee Airmen are celebrated today both as war heroes and as the first Black aviators in American military service. With American involvement in World War II looming, 13 men entered training at Tuskegee air field in Alabama, and five survived the rigorous training program to earn their silver wings on March 7, 1942….

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February 24: Hartford’s First African American Policeman & the First of the Famed Tuskegee Airmen.

  The Tuskegee Airmen are celebrated today both as war heroes and as the first Black aviators in American military service. With American involvement in World War II looming, 13 men entered training at Tuskegee air field in Alabama, and five survived the rigorous training program to earn their silver wings on March 7, 1942….

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