Tuskegee Airmen final resting place | Arlington National Cemetery

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We visit Arlington National Cemetery to honor the brave men who broke barriers and expectations as Tuskegee Airmen. There are 33 Tuskegee Airmen buried here and we visit 9 of them...with a 10th bonus visit to General Colin Powell.

list of all 33: https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Notable-Graves/African-Americans/Tuskegee-Airmen

Talk with History podcast deep dive: https://www.talkwithhistory.com/episode/tuskegee-airmen-of-wwii-barriers-breakthroughs-and-arlington-burials

Intro: 0:00
Overview: 0:42
Why they wore leather jackets: 2:08
Section 60: 3:18
Eugene Cheatham: 3:46
Howard Baugh: 5:24
Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Airfield: 7:51
Captain Lawrence Dickson: 9:25
Lee "Buddy" Archer: 10:40
Tuskegee Airmen Monument: 12:34
General Benjamin Davis Jr: 14:23
Daniel "Chappie" James Jr: 16:58
Elwood "Woody" Driver: 19:12
Colin Powell: 20:00

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