The Tuskegee Airmen

Dr. Angela Riotto joins me to provide a good overview of the creation and challenges of the Tuskegee Airmen and when they will finally deploy in 1943. There are a couple of books mentioned in the episode so I will provide some links below.Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airmen and POW by Alexander Jefferson (https://amzn.to/3SeZNsn  Brotherhood in Combat: How African Americans Found Equality in Korea and Vietnam by Dr. Jeremy P. Maxwell https://www.oupress.com/9780806161150/brotherhood-in-combat/ (https://amzn.to/3YGzSMK   For more information about this series, as well as links to all the content and other details, check out www.motheroftanks.com