SOARING TO GLORY W TUSKEGEE AIRMAN COL HARRY STEWART- A 1001 HISTORY AUTHOR INTERVIEW

1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast

Jon Hagadorn

Society & Culture, History

4.4 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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1001 Best History Storytellers Podcast offers this special interview with Tuskegee Airman Lt. Col. Harry T. Stewart in which recalls the challenges he faced being among the first black pilots to enter the US Air Force- and provides an inspiring account of the kind of focus and hard work which is needed to achieve your dreams...along with the necessity for a back up plan at all times. Lots of stories shared in this interview from the day he faced and shot down three German aircraft in WWII to the time he had to bail out over Butcher Hollow Tennessee. #TuskegeeAirmen #WWII TEST YOUR HISTORY SMARTS! CATCH OUR NEWEST SHOW 1001 HISTORY CHALLENGE HERE: (main website all 1001 shows) https://www.1001storiespodcast.com or HERE: at Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2zx4jj2xj25fwupwrdcxq or HERE at Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-history-challenge/id1482436263 SUPPORT OUR SHOW BY BECOMING A PATRON! www.patreon.com/1001storiesnetwork. Its time I started asking for support! Thank you. Its a few dollars a month OR a one time. (Any amount is appreciated). YOUR REVIEWS AND SUBSCRIPTIONS AT APPLE/ITUNES AND ALL ANDROID HOSTS ARE NEEDED AND APPRECIATED! LINKS BELOW... Copy and Paste the highlighted links to your Apple or Android Devices for free listening: APPLE USERS Catch 1001 RADIO DAYS now at Apple iTunes! https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-radio-days/id1405045413?mt=2 Catch 1001 Heroes on any Apple Device here (Free): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-heroes-legends-histories-mysteries-podcast/id956154836?mt=2 Catch 1001 CLASSIC SHORT STORIES at iTunes/apple Podcast App Now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-classic-short-stories-tales/id1078098622 Catch 1001 Stories for the Road at iTunes/Apple Podcast now: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1001-stories-for-the-road/id1227478901 ANDROID USERS- 1001 Radio Days right here at Player.fm FREE: https://player.fm/series/1001-radio-days 1001 Classic Short Stories & Tales:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Classic-Short-Stories-%26-Tales-id1323543?country=us 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries: https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Heroes%2C-Legends%2C-Histories-%26-Mysteries-Podcast-id1323418?country=us 1001 Stories for the Road:https://castbox.fm/channel/1001-Stories-For-The-Road-id1324757?country=us 1001 History Challenge: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Iwdojx2zx4jj2xj25fwupwrdcxq Catch ALL of our shows at one place by going to www.1001storiesnetwork.com- our home website with Megaphone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	And the Oh, Welcome everyone to 1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories and mysteries.
0:33.0	We have a very special guest with us today, Lieutenant Colonel Harry T. Stewart Jr. I'm going to start this interview off by reading the inside jacket of Colonel Stewart's book,
0:44.3	which is called Soaring to Glory.
0:45.7	I just finished the book and it's one of the best books I ever read.
0:50.2	So listeners, listen up because you're in for a real treat with a living legend.
0:55.2	Here's how the inside cover reach. The valiant fight for freedom in the air and dignity on the ground.
1:06.6	He had to sit in a segregated rail car on the journey to Army Basic Training in Mississippi in 1943. But two years later the 20-year-old African-American from New York was at the controls of a P51,
1:17.0	prowling for liftoff aircraft at 5,000 feet over the Austrian countryside.
1:22.0	By the end of World War II, he had done
1:25.0	something that nobody could take away from him. He had become an American hero.
1:30.3	This is the remarkable true story of Lieutenant Colonel Harry Stewart Jr.
1:36.0	One of the last surviving Tuskegee Airmen of World War II.
1:40.0	Award-winning aviation writer Philip Handelman recreates the heroin action and heart-pounding drama of Stuart's combat missions, including the legendary mission in which Stuart downed three enemy fighters.
1:53.0	Soaring to glory also reveals the cruel injustice
1:56.0	as Stuart and his fellow Tuskegee airmen faced during their wartime service
2:00.0	and upon their return home after the war.
2:03.0	Stuart's heroism was not celebrated as it should have been in post-war America,
2:09.0	but now his boundless courage and determination will never be forgotten.
2:15.0	Thank you for your service, sir.
2:18.0	Thank you, John.
2:20.0	It's great to have you with us today, Colonel Stewart.
2:22.0	It's great to have you with us today, Colonel Stewart.
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