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    Herman Albert "Ace" Lawson (December 24, 1916 – May 9, 1995) was a former Sacramento, California city councilman, Fresno State University football standout...
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  • Hart's War is a 2002 American war drama film about a World War II prisoner of war (POW) camp based on the novel by John Katzenbach. It stars Bruce Willis...
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    Herman's MADtv characters included Mike Lawson (Incredible Findings), Generation X anchorman Marsh (X News), and concerned father Joel Linder. Herman...
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    Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude...
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    replacement trainer was expected to enter service around 2020. A fatigue failure of a T-38C killed its two-person crew in 2008, and the USAF advanced...
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  • The Tuskegee Airmen is a 1995 HBO television movie based on the exploits of an actual groundbreaking unit, the first African-American combat pilots in...
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    The 332d Expeditionary Operations Group is a provisional air expeditionary group of the United States Air Force's Air Combat Command, currently active...
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    Knighten (P/AC) George L. Knox II (P/AC) Roy E. LaGrone Herman A. Lawson (P/AC) Walter I. Lawson (P/AC) Norvel Lee (P/AC) Ulysses Lee (P/AC) Wilmore B....
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  • Red Tails is a 2012 American war film directed by Anthony Hemingway in his feature directorial debut, and starring Terrence Howard and Cuba Gooding Jr...
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    Jamgochian, professional dancer who has worked on both stage and screen. Herman A. Lawson, highly decorated U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer, combat...
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    Dominique with André Jouineau. Le North-American P-51 Mustang – de 1940 à 1980 (Avions et Pilotes 5)(in French). Paris: Histoire et Collections, 2003...
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    in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production...
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  • National Museum of the United States Air Force; retrieved 27 July 2012. Wolk, Herman S. "Pantelleria, 1943" Archived 20 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine...
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    Daniel "Chappie" James Jr. (February 11, 1920 – February 25, 1978) was a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force who, in 1975, became the first African...
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    the NAACP. Young was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, to William Coleman Young, a dry cleaner, and Ida Reese Jones. His family moved in 1923 to Detroit, as...
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    Tuskegee Airman originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He was killed during a training exercise in 1945. After his death, his name, along with that of William...
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    William Jefferson White was born to a slave woman and a white slave owner in the 1830s. Jefferson's grandfather became a minister, and in 1867, opened an...
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    Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen...
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    the hopes of becoming a pilot. At that time, the Army did not accept black pilots, so Archer was posted to a communications job as a telegrapher and field...
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  • (CAF), known as the Red Tail Project until June 2011, maintains and flies a World War II era North American P-51C Mustang. The twice-restored aircraft...
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  • Tuskegee University (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
    University (Tuskegee or TU; formerly known as the Tuskegee Institute) is a private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. It...
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    Czechoslovakia, McGee engaged a formation of Luftwaffe fighters and shot down a Focke-Wulf Fw 190. Now a captain, McGee had flown a total of 137 combat missions...
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  • USC head coach and assistant coach, former Fresno State quarterback Herman A. Lawson, highly decorated U.S. Army Air Force/U.S. Air Force officer, combat...
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    ISBN 9780738500454. Fly (2009 play about the 332d Fighter Group) Herman A. Lawson Black Eagles Tuskegee Airmen at Tuskegee University Tuskegee Airmen...
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    The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal...
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    Tuskegee Airmen, graduating as a 2nd Lieutenant pilot, but saw no combat. Deciding after the war to go into music, he bought a stand-up bass and enrolled...
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    Chanute Air Force Base (category Articles using NRISref without a reference number)
    Chanute Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force facility, located in Champaign County, Illinois, south of and adjacent to Rantoul,...
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    Mather Air Force Base (Mather AFB) was a United States Air Force Base, which was closed in 1993 pursuant to a post-Cold War BRAC decision. It was located...
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    to interpret their history and achievements. It was constructed in 1941 as a new training base. The field was named after former Tuskegee Institute principal...
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    Wurtsmith Air Force Base is a decommissioned United States Air Force base in Iosco County, Michigan. Near Lake Huron, it operated for seventy years, from...
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