February 15, 2022 ▸ History, War & Conflict

Episode 640: Tuskegee Airmen: Fighting Hard to Die

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On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we cover the Tuskegee Airmen. This was the first ever all black air squadron, and they battled not just Nazis and the Axis, but good old American racism. Nobody in the army wanted black pilots, but the NAACP and Eleanor Roosevelt convinced people otherwise. They started to train at Tuskegee University and became a highly decorated part of World War II. What battles did they fight just for the chance to go to war and die? What was the Freeman Field Mutiny, and how might it have gotten Tuskegee Airmen shot by their own men? How does the UFO hunting Project Blue Book tie in? Listen, laugh, learn.

Visit Our Sources:

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/tuskegee-airmen

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Airmen

https://www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu/tuskegee-airmen

https://www.military.com/history/the-tuskegee-airmen.html

https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458979/tuskegee-airmen/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/643566/tuskegee-airmen-facts

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeman_Field_mutiny#The_protest_at_Freeman_Field