Category: Profiles of Tuskegee Airmen

William Mattison

William Theodius Mattison, Sr. October 16, 1916 – January 28, 1951 Class: 42-I-SE Graduation Date: 10/9/1942 Service # 0792785 William T. Mattison was born on

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Coleman T. Holt

Coleman T. Holt 1922 – January 18, 1999 Born in Tennessee in 1922, Holt resided in Davidson County before his enlistment in the U.S. Army

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Douglas Bembry

Douglas Bembry January 3, 1924- January 5, 2017 Douglas Bembry from Indianapolis was a member of this revered group. Bembry died in 2017 at the

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Quentin P. Smith

Quentin P. Smith 1919 – January 15, 2013 Class: 45-A-TE Graduation Date: 3/11/1945 Unit: 477th Bombardier Group Service # 0841274   They flew 1,578 missions

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James Shipley

James Lloyd Shipley June 28, 1923 – July 21 2022 SO 338 20 Dec 43 Selfridge Unit: Mechanic with the 332nd fighter group He was proud

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Charles W. Tate

Charles W. Tate October 18, 1922 – November 18, 2005 Class: 43-H-SE Graduation Date: 8/30/1943 Unit: 99th Fighter Squadron of the 332nd Fighter Group Service

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Nancy Leftenant-Colon

Nancy Leftenant-Colon September 29, 1920 Nancy Leftenant-Colon, Major was the first African American nurse to serve in the reserve or active-duty Army/Air Nurse Corps, the

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James C. Warren

Lt. Col. James C. Warren August 16, 1923 – May 17, 2014 James C. “Jim” Warren was a member of the world famous “Tuskegee Airmen”

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