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Wisconsin s only member of Tuskegee Airmen a Waukesha native Lt. Alfred Gorham taken as a prisoner of war in Germany for seven months Share Updated: 6:45 PM CST Feb 23, 2021 Lt. Alfred Gorham taken as a prisoner of war in Germany for seven months Share Updated: 6:45 PM CST Feb 23, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript GET YOUR HEAD UP, SON YOU. FO THE TUSKEGEE AIRMAN STORY BECAME FAMILIAR TO MOST IN THE MOVIE RED TAILS. NOW, THE STORY OF LIEUTENANT ALFRED GORHAM IS FRONT AND CENTER AT THE MITCHELL AIRPORT GALLERY OF FLIGHT. HE WAS PROFICIENT FLYING SEVEN DIFFERENT AIRPLANES. BEFORE ESCORTING BOMBERS IN WORLD WAR TWO, GORHAM GREW UP IN WAUKESHA AND BECAME THE FIRST BLACK VALEDICTORIAN AT WAUKESHA SOUTH IN 1938. A SHORT TIME AFTER GRADUATION HE MOVED TO ILLINOIS. HE WORKED IN THE ARSENAL. HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE NAACP AND INTERESTED IN LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. IN RECENT YEARS, FAMILY FOUND A TREASURE TROVE OF HIS LETTERS, DOC

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