Tuskegee Airman Charles Dryden Dies At 87

Courtesy NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 07/01/2008 - 7:30am

Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Dryden, one of the first black World War II fighter pilots known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died last week at the age of 87.

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