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Encyclopedia article about Charles Dryden. A member of the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, Atlanta resident Charles Dryden was one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen of World War II (1941-45), whose service helped usher in the desegregation of the U.S. armed forces. He also flew combat missions during the Korean War (1950-53).
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Digital Library of GeorgiaKeywords
- African American Air Pilots
- African American Fighter Pilots
- African Americans
- Air Pilots
- Air Pilots, Military
- Atlanta
- Dryden, Charles W. (Charles Walter)
- Fighter Pilots
- Georgia
- United States
- United States. Army Air Forces. Fighter Squadron, 99th
- Veterans
- World War, 1939 1945