on fox news.com. welcome to war stories. i m oliver north. this is tuskegee, alabama. today it s a small airport. and more prepare to join the fight. this is part of a military experiment. in july, 1941. the small group of americans all of them volunteers gathered on this very ground. their goal? build a special fighter unit for u.s. army air corps. but it wasn t planes they flew or weapons they employed but the color of their skin. the 1940s, our military, like our country was segregated. many believed black men couldn t fly combat aircraft. they were asked to prove them wrong and they did. by war s end, tuskegee trained over a thousand black aviators and many thousands mechanics and technicians. the crew was 16,000 combat missions. and never lost a bomber to an enemy fighter, tonight on war stories, for red tail, the saga of the tuskegee airmen. i wasn t i never felt i couldn t do it. flying was something i really wanted to do. but before they can fly they d have t
on fox news.com. welcome to war stories. i m oliver north. this is tuskegee, alabama. today it s a small airport. and more prepare to join the fight. this is part of a military experiment. in july, 1941. the small group of americans all of them volunteers gathered on this very ground. their goal? build a special fighter unit for u.s. army air corps. but it wasn t planes they flew or weapons they employed but the color of their skin. the 1940s, our military, like our country was segregated. many believed black men couldn t fly combat aircraft. they were asked to prove them wrong and they did. by war s end, tuskegee trained over a thousand black aviators and many thousands mechanics and technicians. the crew was 16,000 combat missions. and never lost a bomber to an enemy fighter, tonight on war stories, for red tail, the saga of the tuskegee airmen. i wasn t i never felt i couldn t do it. flying was something i really wanted to do. but before they can fly they d have t
hopeful newt gingrich soring to victory saturday. former house speaker winning 41% of the vote dealing a significant blow to mitt romney, gingrich thanking his supporters and saying they proved money isn t everything. we don t have the kind kinld of money at least one of the candidates does but we do have ideas and we do have people. we ve proved here in south carolina that people power with right ideas beats big money. with your help we re going to prove it again. mitt romney garnering just 27% of the votes and vowing to vote for every vote in every state. also unleashed an attack on president obama saying this election will decide america s future. believes that this election is a battle for the soul of america. it s. it s a choice between two very different destine yeez for america. president obama wants to transform our country. we want to restore the principle that s made this country great. rick santorum coming in a weak third, and texas representative ron paul
something they thought was adviseable. and she said, you don t understand. i really want to do that. and the first laid ease pilot, alfred anderson borrowed $2500 from family and friends to buy his first airplane. with tips he taught himself to fly. anderson was very impressive. he could charm anyone. and he could make you feel you can fly. stan watson, george bowl and charles biden were some of the first to arrive in tuskegee. heading south by train into the heart of segregated america was a eye opening experience. he arrived in alabama. they had colored signs and white signs. took advice from the south