1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,090 (soft music) 2 00:00:03,090 --> 00:00:05,820 - [Narrator] The Tuskegee Gallery means that 3 00:00:05,820 --> 00:00:10,040 there was a significant portion of a military history, 4 00:00:10,040 --> 00:00:14,420 particularly African-Americans in the U S military, 5 00:00:14,420 --> 00:00:16,090 which occurred in world war two. 6 00:00:16,090 --> 00:00:20,490 This is very important as far as civil rights activities 7 00:00:20,490 --> 00:00:24,750 in the U S as well as in the military. 8 00:00:24,750 --> 00:00:26,557 Somebody from the press asked , 9 00:00:26,557 --> 00:00:29,740 "When did you feel like you wanted to quit?" 10 00:00:29,740 --> 00:00:33,480 Their response was, "We don't even know the word quit." 11 00:00:33,480 --> 00:00:36,490 We just kept ongoing because it was so important 12 00:00:36,490 --> 00:00:40,040 to our race, is so important to the nation. 13 00:00:40,040 --> 00:00:41,520 And of course that was a time when 14 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,050 there was much segregation 15 00:00:44,300 --> 00:00:45,430 in the military. 16 00:00:45,430 --> 00:00:47,510 Basically there were two air forces. 17 00:00:47,510 --> 00:00:49,560 There was the the white air force 18 00:00:49,560 --> 00:00:51,530 and there was the black air force, 19 00:00:51,530 --> 00:00:56,200 and there was not much of the operational air force 20 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:59,730 for blacks until the Tuskegee Airmen came along. 21 00:00:59,730 --> 00:01:03,460 It was all about being able to demonstrate 22 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:06,110 to the American people that yes we can, 23 00:01:06,110 --> 00:01:09,163 we can contribute to freedom of our country, 24 00:01:10,410 --> 00:01:13,443 despite the fact that we'd been discriminated against. 25 00:01:14,340 --> 00:01:17,730 We're here and we think this is the best form of government. 26 00:01:17,730 --> 00:01:22,350 So we're gonna ,we're gonna fight for that idea. 27 00:01:22,350 --> 00:01:26,900 In order to be effective and efficient, 28 00:01:26,900 --> 00:01:31,160 as far as how to conduct combat operations, 29 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:32,720 we need to work together. 30 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:33,660 We need to work together. 31 00:01:33,660 --> 00:01:36,503 So I think that's the big lesson to learn. 32 00:01:37,415 --> 00:01:39,998 (upbeat music) 33 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:49,870 - [Man] Everything was in line. 34 00:01:49,870 --> 00:01:52,870 Let's shut up, don't make any noise, 35 00:01:52,870 --> 00:01:55,230 get your haircuts, fatigues, 36 00:01:55,230 --> 00:01:56,680 maybe they fit. 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,857 maybe they didn't, but you took what was given to you.