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Tuskegee Airmen, 1942

Gabriel Benzur—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images

Members of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ legendary 99th Pursuit Squadron, the Tuskegee Airmen, receive instruction about wind currents from a lieutenant in 1942. The Tuskegee fliers — the nation’s first African American air squadron — served with distinction in the segregated American military during the Second World War.

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