Remembering The Greatest Generation | A New York Minute In History

A New York Minute In History

May 22 2020 | 00:22:20

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Show Notes

75 years after the end of World War II, the ranks of the so-called Greatest Generation are dwindling. Among those still able to tell their stories, is Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr. Turning 96 on the Fourth of July, Stewart was a member of the famed Tuskegee Airmen and is featured in National Geographic’s coverage of […]

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