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Aeronautics, American military African American fighter pilots African Americans Armed Forces African Americans Aviadores Estados Unidos Teatro Estados Unidos. Air Force Afronorteamericanos Teatro Military operations, Aerial American United States. Air Force. United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th. World War (1939-1945)Summary: American soldiers try to hold off Japan's invasion of the Philippines; after surrendering to Japan, an American army colonel organizes a Filipino guerrilla force; follows an elite group of soliders trained for anti-guerilla warfare in Vietnam; the crew of an American submarine head to Tokyo Bay to prepare for the Doolittle air raid.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRESummary: The story of the 'Fighting 99th' - the first squadron of black American pilots to be allowed to fight for their country. It is 1943 and the U.S. is suffering huge losses on the ground and in the air. Four newly recruited pilots are united by a desire to serve their country, at a time when black flyers were not welcomed in the Air Force. Now, the "Tuskegee Airmen" must undertake the riskiest...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2010