Summary One in a series of interviews with Marylanders who served in armed services during WWII or worked in defense production on the home front. Dr. Byron discusses discrimination and segregation in pre and post-war Baltimore; discrimination in the Army; discrimination in wartime Europe; relations with white soldiers and officers; training at Tuskegee Airbase; advocacy of African American newspapers, civil rights activists, and Eleanor Roosevelt for Tuskegee Airmen; successes and accolades of the...

Summary One in a series of interviews with Marylanders who served in armed services during WWII or worked in defense production on the home front. Haysbert discusses: perspectives on military life; discrimination in the Army; training at Tuskegee Airbase; Colonel Davis; military operations in Europe; performance against German fighter plans; Tuskegee Airmen's exceptional record; leisure time in Italy; GI Bill and postwar education and career; accolades of Tuskegee Airmen; Congressional Medal of...