Memories. Sara Boogay Garcia has gathered a lifetime of them in the span of a century. The United States Army and World War II veteran celebrated her 100th birthday Saturday at home with her son, Greg, and a special home-made chocolate cake commemorating the occasion.
Alexander Jefferson was the author of "Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free,” which detailed his time with the Tuskegee Airmen and was shot down defending a country that considered them to be second-class citizens.
Born in 1921 in Detroit, Alexander Jefferson completed combat training at what was then known as Selfridge Field in Mount Clemens, Mich., and pilot training at the Tuskegee Army Airfield. He served a long military career during World War II.
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