Friday, February 3, 2012

Red Tail Laid To Rest...

Air Force Lt. Col. Luke Weathers, Jr., one of the original Tuskegee airmen burial ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery January 20, 2012 in Arlington,Virginia. A Congressional Gold Medal recipient, Weathers earned a Distinguished Flying Cross piloting P-51 and P-39 fighters while serving with the 332nd Fighter Group, a squadron known as the Red Tails, from 1942 to 1945. Originally from Memphis, Tennessee, Weathers named his plane "The Spirit of Beale Street."

(1/19/2012 - Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America)

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