Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Eugene Carter, 95.
An original Tuskegee Airman in the first group to be trained for the 99th Fighter Squadron.
Flew 77 missions and crash landed once.
A Hero in More Ways Than One. --GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Saturday, January 17, 2015
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