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Jit423

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9. I recently attended the funeral of a former Tuskegee Airman (102) and wan shocked by a statement of a retired General

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Sun Mar 23, 2025, 12:34 PM

Mar 2025

who was sent to honor him on behalf of the Air Force. He told the congregation that he was selected to represent Air Force because most of the active duty officers who would normally attend to honor such a historical figure would not do so fearing reprisals from the Trump administration. Some were nearing retirement and others up for promotions would not dare to make any moves seen as disobeying anti-DEI orders from this administration.

It was more than shocking to here this from a retired General. It was heartbreaking.

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The pentagon deleted the Tuskegee Airmen from it's Wall of Fame... [View all] mikelewis Mar 2025 OP

Awful 😣 Meowmee Mar 2025 #1

I just wonder what all the people of color say who voted for this? mikelewis Mar 2025 #2

I don't know Meowmee Mar 2025 #10

Oh, but they had to get all those dangerous DEI pages down before they could do more Ms. Toad Mar 2025 #3

And that's just the online stuff... the stuff that we can immediately see... what else are they destroying? mikelewis Mar 2025 #4

Deleting the Tuskegee Airmen from it's Wall of Fame, makes it now republianmushroom Mar 2025 #5

I mean... someone actually hit the delete button... mikelewis Mar 2025 #6

Probably an enlisted person.. No some asshole who claimed to of had bone spurs order it done. republianmushroom Mar 2025 #7

MAGA did that on purpose uponit7771 Mar 2025 #8

I recently attended the funeral of a former Tuskegee Airman (102) and wan shocked by a statement of a retired General Jit423 Mar 2025 #9