HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
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African Americans who served in the military
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Native Americans who served in the military
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German Americans who served in the military
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Japanese Americans who served in the military
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Tuskegee Airmen /tʌsˈkiːɡiː/ were a group of African American military pilots (fighter and bomber) and airmen who fought in World War II. They formed the 332d Fighter Group and the 477th Bombardment Group (Medium) of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).
Detailed explanation-2: -Tuskegee Airmen, black servicemen of the U.S. Army Air Forces who trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama during World War II. They constituted the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military.
Detailed explanation-3: -This federally-funded and segregated program allowed Black Americans to train on combat aircraft and learn how to fly in case of another war. Black Americans were already allowed in the military, but they hadn’t been allowed to train as pilots yet.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military aviators in the U.S. Army Air Corps (AAC), a precursor of the U.S. Air Force. Trained at the Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, they flew more than 15, 000 individual sorties in Europe and North Africa during World War II.