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Jerry Hodges, an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen, listens to guest speakers during the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen's 40th national convention at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., Aug. 4, 2011. Hodges joined the military on June 12, 1944, and was assigned to the 617th Bomber Squadron, 477th Bomber Group, July 5, 1946.

Jerry Hodges, an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen, listens to guest speakers during the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen's 40th national convention at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., Aug. 4, 2011. Hodges joined the military on June 12, 1944, and was assigned to the 617th Bomber Squadron, 477th Bomber Group, July 5, 1946.

Jerry Hodges, an original member of the Tuskegee Airmen, listens to guest speakers during the opening ceremony of the Tuskegee Airmen's 40th national convention at the Gaylord National Hotel in National Harbor, Md., Aug. 4, 2011. Hodges joined the military on June 12, 1944, and was assigned to the 617th Bomber Squadron, 477th Bomber Group, July 5, 1946.

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