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In 1941, the U.S. Army Air Corps established a new pilot training school for airmen who would soon be known to the world as the “Tuskegee Airmen”, a pioneering group of African American pilots and support personnel trained and served at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama.
In an article featured in the Southeast Air Corps Training Center News, Major General Walter R. Weaver emphasized the importance and need for the men and women training, serving, and working at the Tuskegee Army Air Field during it's opening ceremonies by stating:
“It, therefore, becomes a most important duty of the officers and men, because not only the eyes of the country but the eyes of your people are upon you. The success of this venture depends on you...You have to lay the foundation. Therefore, I cannot impress upon you how important it is for you to make a wonderful record. I believe you will.”
-Major General Walter R. Weaver
(Southeast Air Corps Training Center News, 26 July 1941)
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