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Retired U.S. Air Force Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Alton Yates put his life on the line over 65 times, involved in early testing in 1950s at Holloman Air Force Base.
Service, frankly, heroic an unusual service. you will see what i mean from this headline that ran about him in ebony magazine in may, 1959. g.i. risks that 65 times for science. these images are from a documentary by the jacksonville historical society that credited the u.s. air force. and these images are realtime images of him in the late 50s at service in the air force, and they show some of what he went through as part of his service. his name was alton yates, his 23 years old in these pictures, it was the second class in the u.s. air force. and what you see him doing here, is participating in important testing that was conducted for the u.s. space program. they were using airmen in the u.s. air force, for tests that were designed to see whether
Jacksonville park. they went to retrieve them from that park. they handed out more of them from vehicle. some sort of enter track. and then these clansmen, something like 200 of them just murat it into downtown jacksonville. and they of sensibly were targeting the young people. the naacp youth council that had been carrying out the non violent civil disobedience at the lunch counters. but it turns out the klan couldn t contain themselves and it turned into just a free-for-all. and yes, the naacp youth council was set upon. second class, alton yates was cracked across the skull. but they also went after anybody who was black. in downtown jacksonville that they. including women, and kids, and men who had nothing to do with the demonstration at all. we re just passersby. this photo appeared in life magazine at the time.
On Saturday, it will mark the 63-year anniversary of that dreadful day. Two Jacksonville icons still wear the scars of Aug. 27, 1960, known as Ax Handle Saturday.