Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr. - 2/2/2025

[Mellow]

Thank you sir....


Harry Stewart Jr., one of the last surviving Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100

Harry Stewart Jr. - Wikipedia

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[oude geit]

I enjoyed the museum at Tuskeegee.

 

[Obo]

RIP Mr. Stewart.

 

[dduelin]

Saw news of his passing elsewhere but thanks for the link here in ST-O.

 

[St-Gerard]

Hard to Salute over the Internet, that and I'm not worthy . The Man diffanitly deserves a Salute!

 

[Erdoc48]

From what I’ve read, they were amazing Mustang pilots

 

[ToddC]

RIP

 

[jfheilman]

Rest in peace Sir. We have the watch.

 

[diferg]

Fair Winds and Following Seas Colonel Stewart.

 

[Oldbikefixr]

When I was living with my grandparents, far eastern MS near West Point, we got a lot of treetop overflying aircraft out of the training bases in Alabama. On some occasions, there was groups of RED tailed aircraft. My Grandfather always commented, 'there go those boys from Tuskegee again'. He was a WWI vet and sympathized with all of them, regardless of the accident of genetics.

 

[SMSW]

Thank you sir....
Harry Stewart Jr., last surviving Tuskegee Airman, dies at 100

Harry Stewart Jr. - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Joe, Harry Stewart was not the last surviving Tuskegee Airman. You might want to correct your first post. Your link notes the information I quoted below, from the below Wikipedia entry.

This does not diminish his service and legacy. If anything, it enhances it.

"On February 2, 2025, Lt Col. Harry Stewart Jr. died, thus leaving Lt. Col. George Hardy as the last surviving member of the original 355 Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War II.[118] James H. Harvey, III, who did not serve in combat during World War II but who did later manage to be a member of the USAF's inaugural "Top Gun" team in 1949 and serve in combat missions in the Korean War,[119] lives as well, as does Lt. Eugene J. Robertson, who also did not serve in World War II combat missions."

Tuskegee Airmen - Wikipedia

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[TPadden]

On some occasions, there was groups of yellow tailed aircraft. My Grandfather always commented, 'there go those boys from Tuskegee again'. He was a WWI vet and sympathized with all of them, regardless of the accident of genetics.

Genetically color blind? Those boys had red tails...

Tom

 

[Mellow]

Joe, Harry Stewart was not the last surviving Tuskegee Airman. You might want to correct your first post. Your link notes the information I quoted below, from the below Wikipedia entry.

This does not diminish his service and legacy. If anything, it enhances it.

"On February 2, 2025, Lt Col. Harry Stewart Jr. died, thus leaving Lt. Col. George Hardy as the last surviving member of the original 355 Tuskegee Airmen who served in World War II.[118] James H. Harvey, III, who did not serve in combat during World War II but who did later manage to be a member of the USAF's inaugural "Top Gun" team in 1949 and serve in combat missions in the Korean War,[119] lives as well, as does Lt. Eugene J. Robertson, who also did not serve in World War II combat missions."

Tuskegee Airmen - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

My bad.... .one of the last surviving...

 

[Oldbikefixr]

Genetically color blind? Those boys had red tails...

Tom

That's what I get for composing anything so early in the morning! Thx.

 

[Bikeric]

RIP and my condolences to his family and friends.

 

[TPadden]

That's what I get for composing anything so early in the morning! Thx.

The Tuskegee Airmen's Red Tail P51's did have yellow wing bands...

Tom

 

[sirbike]

My grandpa was a student then an agriculture professor at Tuskegee. They happened to buzz his orchard 70 miles to the east knocking down some fruit. He was mad. My dad, 12yo at the time, told grandpa it was good, they needed to practice that way to fight Germans.
I learned a couple years ago it was quite the sport.

 

[SupraSabre]

RIP Lt Col. Harry Stewart Jr.

 

[diferg]

My bad.... .one of the last surviving...

A brave and distinguished man, The Colonel deserves our respect regardless of his place in line.

 

[motornut]

I have been called sir and deny my position except as a courtesy, I have met "sirs" and many of them are from WWII. It is always an honor to meet them. To see them is such a humbling experience. These are some of the men who to me have earned and deserve the honorific "Sir". I hope to be able to stand in their shadow. The world has lost another of what makes America what it is and I hope their accomplishments will never be forgotten.