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About the Video

3

Read or Listen to the Article

4

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February 13, 2023

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Now answer a question about the video on the next slide.

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ready to read

the article!

Answer a Question About the Video

The video says that the Tuskegee Airmen are known
for their courage. What are some ways they showed
courage?

They had freed black people and and
change the U.S .

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The article states that the Tuskegee Airmen “faced
two enemies.” What does this mean?

How did Harry Stewart Jr. feel when he returned
from the war and looked for a job as a pilot? Use
evidence from the article.

It means that they faced or battled
2 different countries.

He felt very happy when he became pilot.

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Why does Stewart tell his story today?

Stewart retired from the military in 1950. He continues to tell his
story, hoping to inspire future generations.

“Use it as an example of how great this country can be,” says
Stewart. “Go after what you want with all of your heart and soul.”

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What invasion marked the beginning of World War II?

About how many years passed between the cadets beginning their training
at Tuskegee Institute and the Airmen flying their first combat mission?

2

Read the article “Heroes in Flight.” Then look at this timeline of important events

related to the Tuskegee Airmen. Use the timeline to answer the questions.

1

Continued on the next slide

Dates to Remember

1935

1940

1945

1950

1955

September 1, 1939:
World War II
begins when
Germany invades
Poland. The U.S.
enters the war
two years later.

July 26, 1948:
President Harry
S. Truman signs
Executive Order
9981, ending
segregation in the
U.S. military. Many
of the Airmen go
on to serve in
integrated units.

October 1940:
President Franklin
D. Roosevelt
announces that
Black men will be
trained as military
pilots in the U.S.
Army Air Corps
(which later
becomes the U.S.
Air Force).

July 19, 1941:
The first cadets
begin training at
Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama. The
first class of pilots
graduates in March
of the following
year.

June 2, 1943:
The Airmen fly their
first combat
mission of World
War II, over the
Mediterranean Sea.

April 1, 1945:
Tuskegee pilots
shoot down a total
of 12 enemy planes
over Austria. These
pilots include
Harry Stewart Jr.

September 2,
1945: World War II
ends when
Japan officially
surrenders.

October 27, 1954:
Benjamin O. Davis,
a former Tuskegee
pilot, becomes
the first Black
general in the
U.S. Air Force.

Reading a Timeline

Hitler's invasion of Poland in September 1939 drove Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, marking the beginning of World
War II.

About 6 or 7 years

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Dates to Remember

What did many Tuskegee Airmen do after Executive Order 9981 was signed? 4

Continued on the next slide

Reading a Timeline

Why was April 1, 1945, a historic day for Harry Stewart Jr. and some of the other
Tuskegee Airmen?

3

1935

1940

1945

1950

1955

September 1, 1939:
World War II
begins when
Germany invades
Poland. The U.S.
enters the war
two years later.

July 26, 1948:
President Harry
S. Truman signs
Executive Order
9981, ending
segregation in the
U.S. military. Many
of the Airmen go
on to serve in
integrated units.

October 1940:
President Franklin
D. Roosevelt
announces that
Black men will be
trained as military
pilots in the U.S.
Army Air Corps
(which later
becomes the U.S.
Air Force).

July 19, 1941:
The first cadets
begin training at
Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama. The
first class of pilots
graduates in March
of the following
year.

June 2, 1943:
The Airmen fly their
first combat
mission of World
War II, over the
Mediterranean Sea.

April 1, 1945:
Tuskegee pilots
shoot down a total
of 12 enemy planes
over Austria. These
pilots include
Harry Stewart Jr.

September 2,
1945: World War II
ends when
Japan officially
surrenders.

October 27, 1954:
Benjamin O. Davis,
a former Tuskegee
pilot, becomes
the first Black
general in the
U.S. Air Force.

He was one of the Tuskegee Airmen—the first Black pilots in the U.S. armed forces. Stewart says they
actually faced two enemies

"there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color,
religion, or national origin."

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Dates to Remember

Reading a Timeline

What happened about four years after Stewart retired?6

Based on the article “Heroes in Flight,” in what year did Harry Stewart Jr. retire
from the military? Drag the star to the timeline to mark the year.

5

1935

1940

1945

1950

1955

September 1, 1939:
World War II
begins when
Germany invades
Poland. The U.S.
enters the war
two years later.

July 26, 1948:
President Harry
S. Truman signs
Executive Order
9981, ending
segregation in the
U.S. military. Many
of the Airmen go
on to serve in
integrated units.

October 1940:
President Franklin
D. Roosevelt
announces that
Black men will be
trained as military
pilots in the U.S.
Army Air Corps
(which later
becomes the U.S.
Air Force).

July 19, 1941:
The first cadets
begin training at
Tuskegee Institute
in Alabama. The
first class of pilots
graduates in March
of the following
year.

June 2, 1943:
The Airmen fly their
first combat
mission of World
War II, over the
Mediterranean Sea.

April 1, 1945:
Tuskegee pilots
shoot down a total
of 12 enemy planes
over Austria. These
pilots include
Harry Stewart Jr.

September 2,
1945: World War II
ends when
Japan officially
surrenders.

October 27, 1954:
Benjamin O. Davis,
a former Tuskegee
pilot, becomes
the first Black
general in the
U.S. Air Force.

I think the war ended and he wanted to become a pilot. And so he did

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