A granite paver was unveiled honoring the World War II Tuskegee Airmen during a Veteran's Day ceremony Nov. 11, at the Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza in Phoenix.
As Black History Month draws to a close, so does the mystery of U.S. Army Air Forces Capt. Lawrence E. Dickson, a Tuskegee Airman declared missing in action after his plane crashed in Europe in December 1944.
"I remember that day when they announced in our high school that Blootie Turner had died, the whole place got real quiet. Blootie was a great football player and a better person. He was the most popular kid in school."
Retired Air Force Master Sgt. Leroy Mazell Smith, has lived a life few could imagine.
It's World War II and Nazi Germany occupies France, an Allied nation. Somewhere in the moonlit French countryside, a modified B-24 Liberator flies overhead. Painted matte black, and stripped of unnecessary equipment, this B-24 is flying a secret mission.