PRINTER'S NO. 2915
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
722
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY KINSEY, WHEATLEY, THOMAS, TOEPEL, HENNESSEY,
BARRAR, KIRKLAND, MILLARD, WHEELAND, SAINATO, DRISCOLL,
VEREB, BAKER, MACKENZIE, SIMS, READSHAW, CALTAGIRONE,
PICKETT, COHEN, WATSON, CRUZ, JAMES, ROTHMAN, BOBACK,
GOODMAN, YOUNGBLOOD, MURT, O'BRIEN, WARD, LEWIS, HARHART,
BURNS, BENNINGHOFF, COX, GODSHALL, D. COSTA, SCHREIBER, MOUL,
GIBBONS, V. BROWN, MAJOR, NEILSON, BARBIN, O'NEILL,
LONGIETTI, DUSH, SONNEY, PAYNE, PASHINSKI, PHILLIPS-HILL,
D. MILLER, GAINEY, MARSICO, MARSHALL AND MILNE,
MARCH 10, 2016
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
MARCH 10, 2016
A RESOLUTION
Honoring the 75th anniversary of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of
African-American military pilots who served honorably during
World War II.
WHEREAS, During World War I, African Americans had been
prohibited from serving as military pilots in the United States
Armed Forces due to their race; and
WHEREAS, On April 3, 1939, in response to advocacy by civil
rights leaders and the National Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, the Congress of the United States approved
funding designated for the training of African-American military
pilots; and
WHEREAS, On March 22, 1941, the United States Army Air Corps
99th Pursuit Squadron was activated to become the first African-
American fighter squadron; and
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