We have welcomed 135,804 adults and 140,322 youth to the RISE ABOVE Traveling Exhibit since its debut in 2011 to view our film “Rise Above” about the Tuskegee Airmen.
Ann Griffin Gleszer June 21, 1916 – July 7, 2011 Class: 44-W-9 Training Location: Avenger Field (Sweetwater, Tex.) Assigned Bases: Cochran Army Air Field (Macon, Georgia) Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6 “When I was 10
Carol A. Nicholson Lewis 1923-1987 Class 44-W-7 Planes flown: PT-17, BT-13, AT-6, C-45, UC-78 Assigned bases: Moore Army Air Base (Mission, Tex.) Carol Nicholson was born December 15, 1923 in Oakland, California to Ralph and
Hillard Warren Pouncy, Jr., PhD. 477th Bombardment Group February 8, 1922 – December 16, 2025 “My story is a simple one. In everything I did–whether for my country, my family, my people, or my Maker—I
George Franklin Henry 1920 – November 1, 2015 During World War II, George Franklin served as a staff sergeant in charge of 20 technicians who maintained and repaired aircraft flown by the first African-American soldiers