HISTORY

[LUSHY LUSH]

By:Lushy Lush


THE DAY I MET ONE OF THE LIVING TUSKEGEE AIRMAN STAFF SGT. PHILIP BROOME...


I BELIVE WE MAKE HISTORY EVERYDAY BUT, I BELIVE HISTORY MADE ME WHEN I MET FORMER STAFF SGT PHILP BROOME ONE OF THE FOUR LIVING TUSKEGEE AIRMEN AT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL.


I WAS HEADED TO THE TEACHERS LOUNGE AND SOMETHING SAID TO ME LOOK DOWN IN THE LIBRARY AND I SAW A MAN IN A RED JACKET THAT WAS DECORATED AND I SAID UMMM WHATS GOING ON DOWN THERE. THEY TOLD ME IT'S ONE OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN. I SAID WHAT!


I GRABBED MY BLACKBERRY... SHOUT OUT TO ALL BLACKBERRY USERS! THE CAMERA ON THERE IS GREAT BUT ANYWAY... MY GOD, I WAS IN THE PRESENCE OF HISTORY. WHEN DO YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS. I JUST WATCHED THE MOVIE LAST WEEK AND CRIED. I WAS SWEATING, I WAS HYPER AND MORE ...


HE SAID, "ARE YOU OKAY?" I WAS LIKE I HOPE SO ... PEOPLE THIS WAS SO MONUMENTAL FOR ME. HISTORY WAS RIGHT IN MY FACE. IT AMAZED ME HOW THE TEENS OF THIS DAY AN AGE DON'T KNOW THEIR HISTORY.WHEN YOU SAID TUSKEGEE AIRMAN WHEN I WAS GROWING UP WE WERE PROUD AND CRIED SOME TIMES. THESE COURAGEOUS MEN PAVED THE WAY FOR THE AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE ARMED FORCES. THEY WERE THE FIRST, I TOOK MY PICTURE WITH HIM AND ACQUIRED HIS INFO.


YOU GUYS WATCH OUT FOR HIM ON LUSH RADIO HE WILL BE LIVE SO GET YA QUESTIONS TOGETHER. MR BROOME WAS SO HUMBLE AND NICE I GAVE HIM A HUG AND TOLD HIM HOW HONORED I WAS. I HAD TO CONTROL MYSELF, I WAS GONNA CRY.


SHOUT TO FREDDY HE MADE THAT POSSIBLE. SHOUT OUT TO MY GOOD FRIEND A TEACHER AT ELEANOR ROOSEVELT MS.FOGLE SHE IS TAKING THE TIME OUT TO REEDUCATE THE TEENS ON THE HISTORY OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN. MR BROOME WAS FEATURED ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL DOCUMENTARY OF DOG FIGHT, COMBAT IN THE AIR WITH FIGHTER PLANES. I HAD TO WRITE THIS BLOG BECAUSE, I CAN NOT ALLOW OUR HISTORY TO BE LOST.


THE LEGACY MUST LIVE ON. I WAS PROUD TO BE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE THIS. EMAIL ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO INTERVIEW MR BROOME ON YOUR SHOW [e-mail] LETS KEEP HISTORY ALIVE... GOD BLESS

More Info: www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123146302
The combat record of the Tuskegee Airmen
speaks for itself:
· Over 15,000 combat sorties (including 6000+ for the 99th prior to July '44)
· 111 German airplanes destroyed in the air, another 150 on the ground
· 950 railcars, trucks, and other motor vehicles destroyed
· 1 destroyer sunk by P-47 machine gun fire (Lt. Pierson's flight)
· Sixty-six pilots killed in action or accidents
· Thirty-two pilots downed and captured, POWs
· A nearly perfect record of not losing U.S. bombers, a unique achievement
· 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses earned
· 744 Air Medals
· 8 Purple Hearts
· 14 Bronze Stars
Statistics and Decorations of the
Tuskegee Airmen
Total Missions:
12th Air Force
1267
Total Missions:
15th Air Force
311
Total Sorties:
12th Air Force
6381
Total Sorties:
15th Air Force
9152
Combat

[Kevin Phillip]

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