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This resolution designates the fourth Thursday of March as Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day for a 10-year period, honoring the historic African American military pilots who served with distinction during World War II. The resolution recognizes the Tuskegee Airmen's significant contributions to both the Allied war effort and the civil rights movement, highlighting how they overcame racial discrimination to become an elite fighting unit that protected Allied bombers and destroyed enemy aircraft with remarkable success. The document details the group's origins at Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, where nearly 1,000 pilots and 16,000 ground personnel were trained between 1942 and 1946, and specifically acknowledges notable Texas Tuskegee Airmen like Robert T. McDaniel, Claude Robert Platte Jr., and Joseph Benjamin Montgomery. By establishing this commemorative day, the Texas Legislature aims to recognize the airmen's courage, skill, and patriotic service, which helped pave the way for military integration and broader social progress in the United States.

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