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The men of the 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, were the first Black American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces and fought in World War II. (European/FPG/Getty Images)
MONROVIA, CA Leroy Criss soared through the skies as one of the Tuskegee Airmen in World War II, but before that he walked the halls as a student at Monrovia High School.
Criss attended classes at the school in the early 1940s when it was known as Monrovia-Arcadia-Duarte High School before he joined the military.
The school this month honored its late alumnus with a memorial plaque commemorating his life and achievements as one of the nation s first Black military pilots, according to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. The men of the 332nd Fighter Group, known as the Tuskegee Airmen, were the first Black American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces and fought in World War II.
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