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CPTP
After listening to the appeals of black pilots unable to enter the military, Senator Harry S. Truman sponsors a bill to create the Civilian Pilot Training Program. -
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WWII
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Ship Set Sail
The Tuskegee Airmen boarded the S.S. Mariposa, which would take them Casablanca, Morocco. -
WWII
United States enters WWII -
Classes Begin
First class of black pilots trained at Tuskegee Institure earn their wings from the Army Air Corps. -
Combat in Europe
Black fighter squadrons see combat in Europe. -
End of WWII
Germany and Japan surrender, ending World War II. -
Desegregation Movement
President Harry S. Truman enacts an executive order to begin desegregation of the armed forces of the United States. -
Four-Star Ranking--Davis
Benjamin O. Davis Jr. earns the rank of four-star general; Congress creates the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic SIte at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama.
