Ahh yes, the Famous "Tuskegee Airmen"! A bunch of very dedicated Black young Men that really fought their hearts out for our Country. God Bless 'Em all!

For anybody out there that doesn't realize it that's what a true American Hero is

Part of our greatest generation to which we owe freedom we cherished.

I remember when I first enlisted in 1963 my drill sergeant said, "You recruits are going to do more before 0900 each day than most people do in a week." Capt. Pruitt did more by the age of 24 than most people did in their entire lives. I have seen some of the exploits of the Gruesome Twosome on Battle 360. Rest in peace to all the Red Tails.

What a wonderful man & a veteran of world war 2

Thanks to all that served.

This is the stuff that should be teach in school

Never forgotten! Proud that they were trained in my home state!

I may be wrong but many years ago I recall reading that bomber flights who had the Red Tails as escorts never lost a plane. Honorable service at a time when they were often treated like crap.

Proud of you and your service. Family should be proud.

What A Great Story! Young People Today Need To Know What Young People Did 80 Years Ago To Fight Fascism! Thank You For Sharing. (Like #18)

One for the record books for sure. This might be a little late but you did die 11 years before I was born (that’s on me) my bad. Thank you Sir and all your brother Airmen we owe you much.

They have a nice museum at the airport where these men trained at Morton Field. Near Tuskegee AL..Commemorating these well trained pilots.

I was blessed to meet , on a city bus , one of the Tuskegee Airmen in his mid-90's in San Antonio , Texas where I was born and have lived since honorable discharge from the USAF . nice guy

Capt. Pruitt had the look of a handsome movie star. RIP!

American heroes!!❤️❤️❤️

True pioneer of Civil rights

RIP Brother in arms.

Tuskegee is an amazing place to visit. Go during the winter to enjoy it longer outside.

That you for that moment in history, Salute.

I'm an old soldier with faulty hearing (a gift from the army 😛 ) so listening to the words is made more difficult when other sounds confuse them.

Amazing pilot, so brave & talented, I have seen so much about WW2 but never until today heard of a fighter sinking a destroyer! A fine hero and so tragic that his plane let him and the trainee down. It's great to see this young airman is remembered and his memory lives on, such a shame that black pilots face discrimination as did all who enlisted in the forces wanting to fight Hitler. Racism has no place in any nation and any society. It is courage and wanting to do what is right that matters and those who serve show the ultimate commitment to their nation!

For love of God and country. We salute you good Sir’s!🇺🇸🫡

Hero, no other words necessary.

That unit had the distinction of never losing a bomber under their protection.

Right on! Captain Wendell Pruitt, 1 AWSOME American Pilot

Great man and story!

the Tuskegee Airmen are truly my brothers❤😢

Our country should be very ashamed of how they treated the black people all thru history and beyond

As a proud RAF veteran and aviation enthusiast I obviously know some things about the WWII military, I have commented on the treatment of the black Americans before,during and after the war and can honestly say that it disgusted me learning about the blatant racism and poor treatment of them in all branches of the military, treatment that it took a presidential order to officially end, albeit reluctantly, but after watching hundreds, if not thousands of documentaries and books about the history behind the coloured service personnel’s treatment it is obvious that it did not stop, it just drove it underground and covered up by superior officers, I don’t understand the mentality behind the issues that they faced from the highest levels down to private’s who were white, the coloured servicemen fought as hard, if not harder than their white counterparts because they had to prove themselves to those same white Americans BEFORE they proved themselves to the enemy, surely they did that and yet they came home to a society that still didn’t respect them for their service to America, I wonder how many white lives were spared because of the coloured Americans sacrifice, and yet they still had to ride at the back of the bus, how much time they helped reduce the war by, and yet they were not allowed to drink water from the same water fountain, and the list could go on and on, perhaps one day they will be seen as equal to the white service personnel and to the civilian population of the UNITED States of America 🇺🇸, but that will not help the coloured Americans who gave their lives fighting FOR THEIR COUNTRY, from the civil war through every war and conflict the USA has been in they have fought to protect THEIR COUNTRY and yet, to this day, they have not received the respect and thanks of their country, shame upon all those who did,are and will still treat them so disrespectfully and racially, the colour of a persons skin is unimportant, they are just AMERICAN. Sorry for my rant, I have put my soapbox away and vented my spleen, and just to be clear I know that not all Americans were or are racist but there was so many that were and are still racist and ignorant of the coloured persons contributions keeping America safe, my apologies to those that are not in that category and minority groups with Neanderthal brains 🧠.

Thank sir for your service sir

Hooyah sir

Black men and women have always put their lives on the line for AMERICA, AMERICA hasn’t always had our back,but we still love our country,vote wisely.

While operating the "lesser quality" planes. Still doing what no one else could.

an F6F pilot was credited with sinking a Japanese ship with .50cal.

For a man who caused a dstroyer (or "whatever" .... it was a warship) to be scuttled .... why no medal for this action? I think it was worth at least a DSC. His DFM and Air Medals were most likely for time in the air on missions as they were for other pilots. A hero is a hero with or without medals to acknowledge it ... but the only fighter pilot to sink a ship with machinegun fire? Should have got something.

A great American. A great American story.

And were the only fighter group that Bomber squadrons requested for escort duty. They never lost a bomber to enemy fighters

So, the news paper stated he "Downed" 11 planes, but the commentary states he downed 3 and destroyed 8 on the ground.. Only the US counts ground kills.

Great documentary. I can't help thinking this is narrated by a dutchee. Not that it's important, she just sounds like one.

I hope St Louis doesn't forget the racism. Jackson airport PNG is named after a bloke who had something similar happed to him. I goes to show what our leaders are, and how it's all run.

When men were men.

Great little documentary. Can't help thinking that it is narrated by a dutch woman. Not that that is important. Just sounds that way.

I Will be glad to tell you the truth about this story...

Sad that the pilots and ground crew didn't ground the planes and refuse to fly them. Defying an unlawful order is a right within the ranks no matter your rank. Declaring a plane unsafe to fly and refusing to fly it would have been 100% legal under the UCMJ, and if every pilot and crew member refused to touch the planes the USAAF would have given them mechanically sound planes. You can't court-martial an entire command over a deadly safety issue.

His plane crashed down without enemy.kinda odd

THANKyou for your SERVICE. GOD BLESS ALL VETERANS 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

Of course, 1000s of pilots were as good. I wonder why he is venerated?

He had 3 victories and Lee Archer had five. They make him a hero. Hartmann had 352. Put that in perspective.

Funny, there was no german destroyers, only ZG 3 Hermes,an ex greek destroyer in german service ,what sunk 1943 St Tunisia,why tell the U.S,so often fairytales ? Want to be superheroes? To they know,what soldiers of other nations have done? It's worth to check it.