Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., center, and Col. Charles McGee, right, sign their names, June 2012. (Todd McInturf/Detroit News via AP) First organized as a “racial experiment,” a contingent of Black ...

(AP) – Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100.

Among their many vaunted exploits, Joseph D. Elsberry, Clarence D. Lester, Lee A. Archer Jr. and Harry Stewart stood out for bringing down three German aircraft in a single mission. Of those ...

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one of ...

(AP) – Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned honors for his combat heroism, has died. He was 100. Stewart was one ...

I just felt as though it was a duty of mine at the time. I just stood up to my duty,” Stewart said of World War II in a 2024 interview with CNN about the war. Having grown up in a multicultural ...

DETROIT — Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr., a decorated combat pilot of World War II’s mostly Black 332nd Fighter Group, commonly known as the Tuskegee Airmen, has died. He was 100.