- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Airmen Quotes
Tributes to service, fatherhood, and duty.
These airmen quotes are largely personal tributes, especially to fathers who served — one recalls a Tuskegee Airmen captain father who lived by fairness and ethics, another compares Montford Point Marines to the Tuskegee Airmen for their own service.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy. When I was 15 we had a fight, and I didn't speak to him for 10 years.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad was a Marine. He was one of the Montford Point Marines. Those are the equivalent of the Tuskegee Airmen for Marines. He's a tough, tough guy.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father was a Tuskegee Airmen captain in the Air Force and a very strong personality. He believed in fairness and ethics and living up to the commitments you make to others. He ultimately became a judge, and he would talk to me over and over about how important it is to be fair.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
But it's been a great, humbling - and I've been very honored to have the opportunity to serve and to lead and to be the representative of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who are in Washington. And it's been the greatest honor of my life.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
If we're going to spend more money, it should go to the soldiers, Marines, and airmen to increase their salaries.
- Alive
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- Nov 07, 2020