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Friday, May 25, 2012, 4:53 a.m.

Famed Tuskegee airman takes bow on his birthday

By Helaine Williams

Milton Pitts Crenchaw — one of the original members of the noted Tuskegee Airmen and the last living supervising squadron commander of the elite group — was honored at a meet-and-greet event Jan. 20 after the earlyevening showing of the film Red Tails at the Rave Motion Pictures Colonel Glenn 18 theater in Little Rock. The event was also a celebration of Crenchaw’s 94th birthday, which occurred Jan. 13.

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  • Headline: Famed Tuskegee airman takes bow on his birthday
  • Publication: High Profile, Pages 38 on 01/29/2012
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