Julius Freeman
Julius Freeman | |
|---|---|
 Julius Freeman | |
| Born | April 9, 1927[1] Lexington, Kentucky[2] |
| Died | July 22, 2016(aged 89) Spring Garden,Queens, New York[3] |
| Section 29A Site 507 | Calverton National CemeteryCalverton, Suffolk County, New York, US |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Service/ | United States Army Air Forces |
| Unit | Tuskegee Airmen |
| Awards | Congressional Gold Medal |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy[4] |
| Relations | 3 children[1] |
| Other work | Car salesman |
Julius Freeman(April 9, 1927 – July 22, 2016) was a World War II-eraTuskegee Airman.[5][6][7]
Military
[edit]He was amedical technicianwith the Tuskegee Airmen.[8]
Awards
[edit]- Congressional Gold Medalawarded to the Tuskegee Airmen in 2006[9]|group=N}}
Death
[edit]Freeman, died of a heart attack in Spring Garden, New York, on July 22, 2016.[2]
See also
[edit]- Dogfights (TV series)
- Executive Order 9981
- List of Tuskegee Airmen
- Military history of African Americans
- The Tuskegee Airmen(movie)
References
[edit]- ^ab"Julius T Freeman".Find A Grave.Retrieved30 September2021.
- ^ab"Tuskegee Airman, Congressional Gold Medal Recipient Julius T. Freeman, KB2OFY, SK".ARRL.The National Association for Amateur Radio.Retrieved30 September2021.
- ^Bernard, Anne (24 May 2009)."Tuskegee Airmen Embrace Their Past".The New York Times.Retrieved30 September2021.
- ^Gannon, Michael (4 August 2016)."Julius Freeman of the Tuskegee Airmen dies".Queens Chronicle.Retrieved30 September2021.
- ^"Decorated Tuskegee Airman dies at 89".newsday.com.Retrieved28 July2016.
- ^"Chuck Stewart, Jr. (February 6, 2008)." Tuskegee Airmen Annual Scholarship Dinner ".Hudson Valley Press Online.Retrieved 2009-01-04 ".Archived fromthe originalon 2016-09-14.Retrieved2009-01-04.
- ^"York College – The City University of New York".cuny.edu.Archived fromthe originalon 2 May 2014.Retrieved28 July2016.
- ^Gannon, Michael (19 May 2016)."A Tuskegee Airman keeps the legacy alive".Queens Chronicle.Retrieved30 September2021.
- ^"S.Con.Res.15 – A concurrent resolution authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used on March 29, 2007, for a ceremony to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the Tuskegee Airmen".Congress.gov.US Library of Congress. 6 March 2007.Retrieved22 September2021.{{#tag:ref|Freeman accepted aCongressional Gold Medalbronze replica at a ceremony at St. Phillips Pentecostal Church in Harlem along with three original Tuskegee Airmen:Reginald T. Brewster,Alton Burton,andFrederick Lawrence.Freeman was too ill to attend the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony held on March 29, 2007 to honor all of the estimated 16-19,000 Tuskegee Airmen at theCapitol Rotundain Washington, D.C.Daniel Friedman, Neil Graves (July 2, 2007). "Tuskegee 4 Get Medals".New York Post.Retrieved 2009-01-04.
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