Tuskegee Airmen
The Tuskegee Airmen were African American fighter pilots in World War II as the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S Army Corps. These men faced a lot of discrimination despite the fact that they were fighting for our home country, the U.S. These pilots were the first African American pilots. The U.S congress forced these black men to form their own unit that did not include and white males. The Army tried to keep African Americans out of the Army by making tests and courses they had to go through which some thought were impossible. These men took up the challenge and all managed to pass the tests and go through the courses and defy all odds. The 332nd fighter group was ready to go to war and escorted the 15th (white) Air force unit into heavy strategic bombing raids of Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Germany. After completing this mission and gaining much needed respect, the Tuskegee Airmen were then nicknamed the “black birdmen”. The Tuskegee Airmen were awarded several Silver Stars, 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses, 8 Purple Hearts, 14 Bronze Stars, and 744 Air Medals. In total, 994 pilots were trained in Tuskegee, 445 were deployed overseas, and 150 airmen lost their lives. After the war, the Tuskegee Airmen still faced racism and prejudice. The country owes a huge debt to these brave men who put their lives on the line for a population that was against them the whole time.
You did a great job highlighting the startling reality of segregation during World War II. For example, it was interesting and surprising to learn that African-Americans were forced to take difficult tests before joining the Army. This is reminiscent of the tests imposed on black voters after the passage of the 15th Amendment. It would be nice to have included exactly what most of the airmen did after serving for their country.
ReplyDeleteThe article was really organized, letting us see both the discrimination against and the successes of the Tuskegee airman. Some maps or pictures of the airmen themselves would have been neat. You have excellent grammar, but I would try changing some of the sentence structures to give the piece more variety.
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to understand who the Tuskegee Airmen were. Good information. Nice posting.
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ReplyDeleteYou’ve done a great job at highlighting the major information on the discrimination and success of Tuskegee Airmen.
ReplyDeleteThis was a good posting. I liked how all their awards were listed, but I do believe that the Tuskegee were one of the most decorated groups in US History. It would be great if you could emphasize that. Besides that there was only a proofreading error when you wrote " and white males."
ReplyDeleteGood posting! i liked reading it, it kept me interesting and had a lot of good information. It was clear from reading that the Tuskegee Airman had a lot of great accomplishments.
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to know who the Airmen were and what they did.
ReplyDeleteYour summary is very nice. It's long enough to cover the topic, but short enough that it gets to the point. Good job.
ReplyDeleteGreat job showing the amount and degree of segregation during WW2. While I saw a link to a picture, I didn't get to see it, so I would say that it definitely needs a picture to illustrate your points. Lastly the formatting is a little clumsy - try to break it up into more then 1 large paragraph.
ReplyDeleteYour summary is very nice. You did a good job describing purpose of the air force at that time, and also i really like the detail on the metals that they obtain.
ReplyDeleteShort but contains a lot of good info still :)
ReplyDeleteGood job. Short and to the point, but you could have added some pictures. i like how you added all of the awards received.
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