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...ACTIVE-DUTY LIEUTENANT COLONEL who served with the Army in Korea and Germany and side by side with Colin Powell in the first squadron of the 10th U.S. Cavalry, Michael Nelson, 47, is accustomed to being surrounded by men. But the power of standing in the company of only black men moved him deeply. "I went there to support the event, but then I found I was part of the event," he says. "I was taken in, heart and mind and soul." Ever the military man, he was struck by the flags waving in the Mall: the American flag...
...stakes are high. Greene's promotion has been put on hold, while he continues to serve as the head of a SEAL special boat squadron in San Diego, California. If found guilty, he could be booted from the service, fined or imprisoned. Even if acquitted, Navy officials say, he faces a considerably diminished chance of making admiral...
...other environmental horrors under communism to capitalist ventures in oil, forestry and so on will only make a bad situation worse. I suggest that the only kind of capitalism that should be allowed in Siberia is operations to clean up those areas damaged by hazardous dumping, and maybe a squadron of wrecking balls for Norilsk. Vice President Gore should turn his attention from timber raping in Siberia to timber growing in America. DANIEL L. PEARLMAN Alexandria, Virginia...
Hooray for the television movie the Tuskegee Airmen, about World War II's all-black fighter squadron [HISTORY, Aug. 28]! I was a top turret gunner on a B-17 bomber in Italy in 1944, and the troops always felt good when we saw the P-51s flown by those men. They stayed with us over the target, even through flak. At our base in Foggia, Italy, we thrilled to hear the roar of a P-51 "buzzing" our tents and to see its red nose appear above the olive trees. I am now copying my diary of the missions...
Then, in January 1944,the squadron happened upon a group of enemy planes. In less than five minutes, the airmen knocked down five. Later that same day, another group from the 99th downed three more. They had proved they could fight. The 99th eventually became part of the 332nd, a larger all-black unit, and altogether the pilots of the 332nd flew 1,578 missions and won 150 Distinguished Flying Crosses and 744 air medals , making them among the most highly decorated pilots of the war. They never lost a bomber under their protection, and eventually white bomber pilots began...