God Bless You Sir . I enjoyed listening to you and the other members of the 332nd Fighter Group on the Military Channel . I did not learn of your service in school back in the 60's and early 70's but I did later on in life . To hear what you heard upon returning home and walking down that ships plank was heart breaking . Being a white male I can only imagine your feelings but will never ever really know . Once again sir I say to you GOD BLESS YOU SIR
Anybody who knows the history of the Tuskegee Airmen can't help but love and admire these great hero's. I have thought that I would like to meet them and thank them, not only for their service to our nation but also by virtue of what they did. Caused a profound change from racist bigotry, To one of true brotherhood. I see it every day in my home town of Green Bay, WI. It is a wonderful thing to experience. We owe these men a great debt of gratitude. We brothers are going to erect a monument.
EAA 2013 I had no Idea that my desire to meet a Tuskegee airman was about to be fulfilled. There was nothing in the news about the Tuskegee Airmen being in Oshkosh. So I while at EAA I was on the prowl for a Red Tailed P-51 T shirt. I was asking a vender if they had seen anybody selling these and they suggested I go to the Tuskegee Airman to get one. Their here? Yes and they sell T-shirts and you can have it autographed. I got to meet and thank Lt. Col. Jefferson . He is a very cool guy.
He isn't black or white, he's just a great story teller and probably would be a very cool guy to just hang out with and talk to. He probably has every right to be bitter about things, but seems to keep it all in perspective and keep moving forward. Just a neat guy.
Azznbad, you are correct. A couple years ago I had the great fortune to meet Col Jefferson along with WW2 heroes of several races including Native Americans. He was just as you supposed. We had a wonderful lunch together. He was all about being a proud veteran first. Loretta Swit was there promoting a program she was involved in. Col. Jefferson and I were so busy visiting that we were not aware she was present. I looked over and told him "hey, that lady looks just like Hot Lips!" . He looked and laughed. The real humor was that I did not learn it was her until a couple months later while talking to another veteran. Alexander Jefferson and his history are an important lesson in history for our nation.
Supremacists? Certainly he is black, but when he talks about his experiences he is just a man telling his story. You know there is no reason to read between the lines of comments, because there is nothing there. I could listen to him talk for hours, and all he talks about isn't racial. His comment on anyone saying they weren't scared was a "damn liar" is nothing but a statement about all humans. Sure I can look at him and see the color of his skin, and I wouldn't expect him to loose his racial make up, because that makes him what he is, but you are reaching of you try to any to find anything I said about the man be racist. Finding racism where it isn't is almost as big of a problem as those who choose to ignore actual racism. Fight real battles, not those you have to look for.
Again, that's a white supremacist statement. If he was Irish American or Italian American you would not have made such a really ill thought out remark. We have to be ordorless and tasteless in.order for you to feel comfortable around us. That is extremely white supremacist.
God Bless You Sir . I enjoyed listening to you and the other members of the 332nd Fighter Group on the Military Channel . I did not learn of your service in school back in the 60's and early 70's but I did later on in life . To hear what you heard upon returning home and walking down that ships plank was heart breaking . Being a white male I can only imagine your feelings but will never ever really know . Once again sir I say to you GOD BLESS YOU SIR
Anybody who knows the history of the Tuskegee Airmen can't help but love and admire these great hero's. I have thought that I would like to meet them and thank them, not only for their service to our nation but also by virtue of what they did. Caused a profound change from racist bigotry, To one of true brotherhood. I see it every day in my home town of Green Bay, WI. It is a wonderful thing to experience. We owe these men a great debt of gratitude. We brothers are going to erect a monument.
What a guy! And then to be a POW. He's one of those people I wish I'd met. God bless and keep you and all who loved you, sir.
Very nice man. Shook his hand, got his autograph, and had my picture taken with him today up at EAA in Oshkosh.
Lucky you
What an awesome gentleman... I'd love to shake his hand...
EAA 2013 I had no Idea that my desire to meet a Tuskegee airman was about to be fulfilled. There was nothing in the news about the Tuskegee Airmen being in Oshkosh. So I while at EAA I was on the prowl for a Red Tailed P-51 T shirt. I was asking a vender if they had seen anybody selling these and they suggested I go to the Tuskegee Airman to get one. Their here? Yes and they sell T-shirts and you can have it autographed. I got to meet and thank Lt. Col. Jefferson . He is a very cool guy.
He isn't black or white, he's just a great story teller and probably would be a very cool guy to just hang out with and talk to. He probably has every right to be bitter about things, but seems to keep it all in perspective and keep moving forward. Just a neat guy.
He's Black. One does not have to discard their racial identity to fit in. That's actually white supremacists and we drank that koolaid.
Azznbad, you are correct. A couple years ago I had the great fortune to meet Col Jefferson along with WW2 heroes of several races including Native Americans. He was just as you supposed. We had a wonderful lunch together. He was all about being a proud veteran first. Loretta Swit was there promoting a program she was involved in. Col. Jefferson and I were so busy visiting that we were not aware she was present. I looked over and told him "hey, that lady looks just like Hot Lips!" . He looked and laughed. The real humor was that I did not learn it was her until a couple months later while talking to another veteran. Alexander Jefferson and his history are an important lesson in history for our nation.
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Supremacists? Certainly he is black, but when he talks about his experiences he is just a man telling his story. You know there is no reason to read between the lines of comments, because there is nothing there. I could listen to him talk for hours, and all he talks about isn't racial. His comment on anyone saying they weren't scared was a "damn liar" is nothing but a statement about all humans. Sure I can look at him and see the color of his skin, and I wouldn't expect him to loose his racial make up, because that makes him what he is, but you are reaching of you try to any to find anything I said about the man be racist. Finding racism where it isn't is almost as big of a problem as those who choose to ignore actual racism. Fight real battles, not those you have to look for.
Again, that's a white supremacist statement. If he was Irish American or Italian American you would not have made such a really ill thought out remark. We have to be ordorless and tasteless in.order for you to feel comfortable around us. That is extremely white supremacist.
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Wtf...
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ain't no prison reform guna hold a POW escapeé
-International Precedent
#Saloot the 1's that escaped