FLIGHT MUSEUM HONORS FIRST BLACK FLYING UNIT WORLD WAR II VETERANS SHARE THEIR STORIES WITH CROWD OF 500.(News) From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) | Date: May 29, 2007| Author: Lange, Larry | COPYRIGHT 2007 Seattle Post-Intelligencer. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: LARRY LANGE P-I reporter

One Memorial Day ceremony Monday had a dual purpose: remembering the service of wartime fighters and remembering who they were.

At the Museum of Flight, a crowd of more than 500 people packed a gallery to see the Tuskegee Airmen, America's first African American flying unit, organized for World War II.

"Even though we were ill-treated as citizens, we still love the country and are willing to lay down our lives fo...