DVD: In Their Own Words

Mark your calendars or set your DVR! The documentary, “In Their Own Words: The Tuskegee Airmen” will be featured on the Discover Network’s American Heroes Channel Saturday, February 3 at noon. The film includes interviews with original Tuskegee Airmen that takes visitors on a journey of the famed Airmen’s experience, in their own words.

The filmmakers have teamed up with the CAF Red Tail Squadron to offer the DVD for purchase in our official webstore. Proceeds benefit the Squadron’s important educational outreach work, like the educational materials we curate and offer for free to teachers and youth leaders.

Don’t miss out on a unique perspective on the Tuskegee Airmen, and support the work of the CAF Red Tail Squadron by picking up your own copy!

 

The CAF Red Tail Squadron is a volunteer-driven organization dedicated to educating audiences across the country about the history and legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, America’s first black military pilots and their support personnel. Learn more at www.redtail.org.

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