Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr, a decorated World War II pilot who broke racial barriers as a Tuskegee Airmen and earned ...
Harry Stewart Jr., a 100-year-old Tuskegee Airman and decorated World War II veteran who broke barriers in the military, has ...
Harry Stewart Jr. learned to fly even before he could drive and helped save the world from the evils of fascism.
He was among the country’s first Black military pilots and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for shooting down three ...
Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for downing three German aircraft during a dogfight on April 1, 1945. He was also part of a team of four Tuskegee Airmen who won the U.S. Air Force ...
The organization said he passed peacefully at his home in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, on Sunday.Stewart earned the Distinguished Flying Cross for downing three German aircraft during a dogfight on ...