NEW YORK (AP) — Dabney Montgomery, who served with the all-black Tuskegee Airmen in World War II and marched with civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 93.
His wife, Amelia Montgomery, said he died of natural causes Saturday morning at a Manhattan hospice care facility. He had lived in Harlem until he entered the facility Aug. 25.
Montgomery was born in in Selma, Alabama, in 1923 and was inducted into the armed forces in 1943. He served as a ground crewman with the Tuskegee Airmen in southern Italy during the war.
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R.I.P. my friend..
Thanks, for posting this. My grandfather knows several of them and one who lives here in town. I've tried to call my grandfather but he must be out with my cousins somewhere and hasn't called back yet.
Sadly most of our WWII vets are leaving us now. It is encouraging that historians are recording their stories now so that we can remember them.
Yes, my grandfather is participating as much as he can to help get these things recorded.