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Tuskegee Airman Dies on 100th Birthday
Hat tip, WTOP, but I can't find an article on their website. There has been some confusion about the medal.
Warning: a video will start up on autoplay. Gawd, I hate those things.
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
Tuskegee Airman Dies on 100th Birthday
By NBCWashington Staff • Published November 24, 2020 • Updated on November 25, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Tuskegee Airman and longtime D.C. resident Walter Robinson Sr. passed away on his 100th birthday Monday.
On Sunday, friends and family held a birthday celebration outside his home in Northeast D.C.
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CORRECTION (Nov. 25, 2020, 12:00 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this story, reported that Robinson was awarded the Tuskegee Airman Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush. However, President Bush awarded the Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen as a collective.
Tuskegee Airman Dies on 100th Birthday
By NBCWashington Staff • Published November 24, 2020 • Updated on November 25, 2020 at 12:00 pm
Tuskegee Airman and longtime D.C. resident Walter Robinson Sr. passed away on his 100th birthday Monday.
On Sunday, friends and family held a birthday celebration outside his home in Northeast D.C.
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CORRECTION (Nov. 25, 2020, 12:00 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this story, reported that Robinson was awarded the Tuskegee Airman Congressional Gold Medal by President George W. Bush. However, President Bush awarded the Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen as a collective.
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Thank you for your service.
