One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen died last week in Dallas.
Homer Hogues was a Tuskegee Airman, serving as part of the 10,000 Black men and women supporting nearly 1,000 Black fighter pilots serving in World War II.
Hogues died in his native Texas only two days after the passing of his wife, the love of his life for more than 70 years.
Hogues’ daughter Barbara Hogues says it was only in the late 2000s that a nephew asked Hogues if he was one of the Tuskegee Airmen.
“He said, ‘Paw paw, were you a part of that?’” Barbara Hogues said. “He said yes, and we were shocked. Completely shocked.”
Barbara Hogues went on to say that she asked her father why he never told them about his service to the nation, and his answer broke their hearts.
“He said, ‘Because when we got out of the military, there were no parades for us,’” Barbara Hogues said.
Sadly similar to what Vietnam Veterans experienced returning home from war.
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