George W. Biggs was a U.S. Army Air Corps and U.S. Air Force veteran who flew as a Tuskegee Airman in World War II.When Biggs enlisted in the U.S.
Army Air Corps in 1943 at age 18, it was his second attempt to join up – he had been denied when he tried to enlist at age 16.
He was placed with the Tuskegee Airmen, the elite group of Black pilots and other airmen, where he trained as a navigator. In the years after the war, decided to reenlist in the U.S.
Air Force as a non-commissioned officer. His career took him to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, where he was one of the first Black officers and helped integrate the base, though he later spoke of the severe discrimination he and other Black military personnel endured.
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