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Tuskegee Airman buried at Arlington Cemetery

By theGrio

11:52 AM on 07/30/2010

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The caisson carrying Lt. Col. Spann Watson, is brought to the burial site at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

From WRC in Washington DC

Col. Spann Watson, one of the famed black flyers who fought in WWII and then spent the rest of his life inspiring and mentoring others, joins the ranks of the country's fallen at Arlington National Cemetery.

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