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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
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Wendell Freeland

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The Tuskegee Airmen made history throughout World War II, fighting enemies abroad and fighting for their rights at home. Wendell Freeland was one of 162 Army Air Corps officers arrested for defying his commanders by entering a whites only officers’ club in Freeman Field, Indiana. Defiance of this and other unlawful orders captured the attention of President Truman and spelled the beginning of the end of official segregation in the armed forces.
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Officers of the 477th at Freeman Field, IN, about to board air transports to take them to Godman Field, KY.

The Tuskegee Airmen made history throughout World War II, fighting enemies abroad and fighting for their rights at home. Wendell Freeland was one of 162 Army Air Corps officers arrested for defying his commanders by entering a whites only officers’ club in Freeman Field, Indiana. Defiance of this and other unlawful orders captured the attention of President Truman and spelled the beginning of the end of official segregation in the armed forces.

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