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VFW Post 10216 conducted a Tuskegee Airmen Dedication Ceremony at the Post Home
on Armed Forces Day in May 2008. The guest speaker was Lieutenant General
Steve Wood, 7th Air Force Commander; guest of honor was a Post founding member and Tuskegee Airman MSgt (Ret) James (Jim) T. Price
As part of the
Dedication, the Post dedicated a “Tuskegee Wall” with portraits, artwork and personal photos of Tuskegee Airmen.
We also had model airplanes made of the Red-tail P-51 and Brigadier General Davis’s F-86 that he flew at Osan AB.
Tuskegee books and DVDs were donated by Post members.
Participant of the Armed Forces Day, 17 May 2008 Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Event included the
following Distinguished Guests:
- Lieutenant General Stephen G. Wood, 7th AF Commander
- Master Sergeant (Retired) Jim Price, Tuskegee Airman
- Col Jon A. Norman, 51st FW Commander
- Col Charles Q. Brown, Jr., 8th FW Commander
- Col Bradley A. Becker, 3 BCD Commander
- Col Thomas J. Hasty III, 7th AF Staff Judge Advocate
- Col Michael D. Hays, 607 AOC Director of Strategy
- Mr. Billy Quintero, Commander VFW Post 10216
- Mr. John A. Okonski, 51 FW Historian
Video Armed Forces Day
2008
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