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A State of the Union guest of President Trump whose brother was murdered by an illegal immigrant has a message for Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Appearing on "Fox & Friends," Jody Jones -- a Farmersville, Calif., resident -- said that in Pelosi's decision to rip up her copy of the president's address, she effectively ripped the hearts of every guest in attendance out of their chests. "It felt like she ripped our hearts out," he said. "Everybody there. All of the guests. We couldn't believe it." Following the conclusion of the speech, Pelosi said in a statement that the...

This is a printer friendly version of an article from www.tylerpaper.com Article published Jun 1, 2011 Posted 6:17 amWednesday, June 01, 2011 Tylerite, Tuskegee Airman Capt. Sam Garrison Dead At 88 By DAYNA WORCHELStaff Writer Capt. Sam Garrison bore no bitterness about serving in segregated U.S. Armed Forces during World War II, his wife Willie Garrison said on Tuesday. Garrison, an 88-year-old Tyler resident, was a Tuskegee Airman who died from a heart aneurysm on Thursday at the Hospice of East Texas, Mrs. Garrison said. "He was not upset about the racism of the time -- he said that's...

Bill Holloman, a Tuskegee Airman, didn't stop serving his country when his active duty as one of the United States' first African-American combat pilots ended after World War II. He was called back to service in the Korean War and became the Air Force's first black helicopter pilot. He went to war again in Vietnam. During the nearly four decades after he retired from the Army, he served his country in a different way: by teaching younger generations how war and aviation intersected in a way that helped end centuries of racial separation. Lt. Col. William H. Holloman III, a...

1/29/2010 - SAN ANTONIO (AFNS) -- Lt. Col. Lee Archer, a World War II fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen, died Jan. 27 at the age of 90. He died of coronary complications at New York Hospital in New York City. Colonel Archer entered the Army in November 1941 and received training as a telegrapher and field network-communications specialist. In December 1942, he was accepted into aviation cadet training and reported to the Tuskegee Army Airfield in Tuskegee, Ala. On July 28, 1943, after graduating number on in his class and receiving his commission as a 2nd lieutenant, he was...

8/10/2006 - PHOENIX (AFPN) -- Signing copies of his book, retired Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson jovially spoke to all who approached his table. He took a few moments to share how his early years were shaped by his experience as a Tuskegee Airman, fighter pilot and prisoner of war. Colonel Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen who were prisoners during World War II, offered insight into his career and life. "I joined the Air Force because the draft was coming," he said. "I didn't want to serve in the quartermaster corps because that was the only unit offered...

div id="text"> An obituary appeared earlier this month under the byline of veteran Newsday writer Bill Kaufman. It began: "Gene C. Browne, a retired aerospace engineer for Grumman and a Tuskegee Airman during World War II who was a POW in Germany after his P-51 Mustang was shot down in combat, died Feb. 22 at Good Samaritan Hospital in West Islip. He was 77.” The story went on to say how the longtime Amityville resident was a teenage pilot who graduated with honors, ranking third in his class of aviation officer candidates in Tuskegee, Ala., in the now-famous all-African-American unit...