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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Louis G. Hill, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Tuskegee, Alabama

Honored By

Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

WAS ONE OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN WHO WERE THE NATION'S FIRST BLACK MILITARY PILOTS. HE JOINED THE ARMY IN SEPTEMBER 1941, THREE MONTHS BEFORE THE JAPANESE ATTACKED PEARL HARBOR. HE LATER JOINED THE AIR FORCE PROGRAM FOR BLACK PILOTS AND EARNED HIS WINGS IN 1944. HE WAS A B-25 BOMBER PILOT AND FLIGHT LEADER, BUT THE WAR ENDED BEFORE HIS UNIT DEPLOYED.