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Tuskegee Airmen Exhibit Photo Gallery

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President George W. Bush and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi join 300 Tuskegee Airmen in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol for a photograph Thursday, March 29, 2007. The group photo was part of the Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring America’s first African-American military airmen. White House photo by Eric Draper

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These photos are on exhibit in the Baggage Claim area of Terminal B/C at Reagan National Airport through the end of March 2008.  The Tuskegee Airmen destroyed 261 military planes, 950 railcars and sunk one destroyer during World War II while also encountering racism and segregation on the home front.

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