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So it was a good thing he was a pro-wrestling referee.I have no issues with him at all.
My point was simply that being an officer or having a college degree does not make someone a gentleman.
I'd say so..So it was a good thing he was a pro-wrestling referee.
Never ever confuse education with intelligence.Do those two things automatically make someone a gentleman?
Never ever confuse education with intelligence.
My father, Jack Chin, was a graduating pilot at Tuskegee Army Air Field (and is a listed DOTA pilot on the listing page link), completing both SE and TE training. He was part of the 477th, mostly flying the P-47D and then a co-pilot on B-25J, as they were hoping to be deployed to support the effort in either theatre. As stated, the 477th did not send anyone overseas and there were no other coloured pilots in the Army Air Corps. So no TE trained coloured pilots saw action in either theatre and no Tuskegee Airmen saw action in Japan. And given the whole reason for the Tuskegee Experience to begin with, I would not expect any other part of the AAC would even consider having a coloured pilot (considering the army was segregated). And the 99th Pursuit Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group were the only ones to see action. Note, there were several thousand other men who are considered Tuskegee Airmen that were in other roles, such as navigator, gunners, and instructors. And there were other supporting roles such as mechanics, crew chief, and nurses, But if they did not go through the Experience and graduate, they would not have flown.Since the ONLY training base for black pilots during WWII was at Tuskegee, he would have to be listed as a "Tuskegee Airman." He is not. Here is the official list of pilot graduates.
PILOT LISTING
This is from the Tuskegee Airmen's official website.
"In addition to training fighter pilots, Tuskegee graduated a group of twin-engine pilots. They were assigned to the 477th Bombardment Group and flew the B-25 Mitchell bomber, a twin-engine, medium bomber. The Group was activated with four bombardment squadrons; the 616th, 617th, 618th, and 619th. However, the war against Japan ended before the 477th Group could be deployed overseas."