famed World War II group of black fighter pilots known as the
Tuskegee Airmen has died.
Saturday of stomach cancer, according to his daughter, Janice
Carter. He was 87.
Germany during the war. The all-black Tuskegee 99th Fighter Group
was formed in 1941 and trained in Tuskegee, Ala., but faced racism
in the segregated South. Palmer was 21 when he became an airman in
June 1943.
Palmer’s military career. He and his wife Rosalind Palmer moved to
Indianapolis from his native New York in the early
1970s.
slowly gained recognition, and Palmer gave motivational talks to
schools and civic groups.
anything get in their way,” Carter said.
Airmen who received the Congressional Gold Medal from President
George W. Bush.
are believed to be in Indiana.
Lavenia Smith & Summers Home for Funerals in
Indianapolis.
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