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'Dad, this is your day': Tuskegee Airmen honored with P-51 replica dedication ceremony in Sumter

Posted 2/10/24

A huge crowd gathered at Sumter Veterans Park on Friday morning to watch another chapter in Tuskegee Airmen history unfold.

The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of African American pilots, navigators, bombardiers, supply maintenance, support staff …

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