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As the NFL “take a knee” controversy rages on, we were also reminded this weekend of how the greatest generation is getting smaller and smaller.
Asa Newman, a Cleveland native and living history book, turned 99-years-old.
He, and friend Roy Richardson, both of Cleveland, are two of the few remaining legendary Tuskegee Airmen of WWII.
The Tuskegee Airmen were all black military pilots who trained in the United States during World War II in Tuskegee AL.
Counting all pilots and support staff, mechanics, cooks, about 15,000 to 20,000 were part of the “Tuskegee experience.”
“We had four squadrons of fighter planes, four squadrons of bombers,” says Richardson.
Dr. Richard Hansler, was a B17 navigator. He flew 25 missions before being shot down. Hansler, who is white, was at his buddy Asa’s 99th birthday party to again say,
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