US Mint to honor Tuskegee Airmen with special quarter

[TexasTowelie]

The Tuskegee Airmen are being honored by the U.S. Mint with a quarter dedicated to the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site.

The coin, which will be the final installment in the mint’s popular America the Beautiful Quarters Program, is slated to be officially released Monday.

All of the nearly 1,000 Black military pilots who trained in the U.S. during World War II did so in Tuskegee. Of those, 450 were deployed overseas and 150 died, including 66 who were killed in action. There were also more than 15,000 support staff, like navigators, bombardiers and mechanics.

The Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site pays homage to the storied service-members, preserving five structures used for flight training during the war.

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/2021/01/us-mint-to-honor-tuskegee-airmen-with-special-quarter.html

[Hoyt]

1. If anyone deserves it they do. Not only did they fight enemy, but racism at home.

[stonecutter357]

2. K&R !

[pandr32]

3. Awesome!

[SharonClark]

4. Dr James Bowman was a Tuskegee Airman

who taught in the Des Moines Public Schools and later became Asst Supervisor. My sister always said he was the best teacher she ever had.

[Duppers]

5. About time. 😊

Thanks, TT.