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Podcast: Walk Among Heroes
Episode: Walk Among Heroes Podcast: Episode 6 - Charles McGee (Tuskegee Airmen)
Description: It is an absolute honor to welcome Brigadier General Charles McGee as our guest for Episode Six. General McGee is perhaps the most highly decorated Air Force officer and fighter pilot in U.S. Air Force history. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on October 26, 1942, graduated from Flight School (class 43-F) on June 30, 1943, and was assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, known today as the Tuskegee Airmen. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American aviators in the history of the United States Armed Forces. Following World War I, Congress conducted a study that concluded Afri...