One of the last Tuskegee Airmen, Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams, dies at 97 - Miami Herald
TUSKEGEE AIRMEN HONOREE: Retired Air Force Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams, seen here in 2011, was one of the celebrated Tuskegee Airmen. He holds a model of a P-51 Mustang used in World War II. Williams was a fitness and survival trainer during the war, trained fellow black pilots in the Airmen, and in 1949 he became a fighter intercept controller. HONORS TO AIRMEN: Miami Dade Aviation Department Director Emilio Gonzalez presents plaques to Tuskegee Airmen Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams, and Judge Richard Rutledge, at a luncheon at Miami International Airport, February 13, 2015. In celebration of Black History Month, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department honored these three surviving members of the Tuskegee Airmen... Services will begin with the viewing at 6 p. m. -7 p. m. on Monday, July 20, with time of sharing from 7 p. m. to 9 p. m. The funeral will be held at 11 a. m. on Tuesday, July 21. All of the services will be held at Sweet Home Missionary Baptist... 13, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department honored “not only members of the Greatest Generation” but “the Greatest Generation Plus. Three South Florida Tuskegee Airmen of the 26 surviving members of the first all-black military flying unit that was formed in 1941 were honored that day at Miami International Airport. And now there are 25. Two days before Independence Day, on July 2, Lt. Col. Source: www.miamiherald.com
