Nebraska's last surviving Tuskegee airman laid to rest

Nebraska's last surviving Tuskegee airman laid to rest
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Robert Holts military picture
Robert Holts was laid to rest at the Omaha National Cemetery Wednesday morning. The last surviving Tuskegee airman in Nebraska was 96 when he died in February.
"He went into the war, because his father was in the Army and he thought there'd be no segregation there," his niece Linda McDaniel Ruffin said.Sign up for our Newsletters
Ruffin had the experience of seeing who she calls her favorite uncle being honored by the country he once served.
"My uncle, to me, always seemed to have a positive outlook on things," Ruffin said.

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