TY - BOOK TI - The tuskegee airmen SN - 078064266X AV - D810 PY - 2003/// CY - [Alexandria, VA] : , Hollywood, Calif. : PB - PBS Home Video ; , Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, KW - United States. KW - Army Air Forces. KW - Fighter Group, 332nd. KW - United States KW - Army Air Forces KW - Fighter Squadron, 99th KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Aerial operations, American N1 - Originally broadcast in 2002 on Alabama Public Television; nationwide on PBS in 2003; Coming home -- The battle for the right to fight -- Welcome to Tuskegee -- Learning to fly -- Winning their wings -- Trial by fire -- Victory for the Red Tails -- A disappointing homecoming -- An everlasting legacy; Narrated by Ossie Davis; director of photography, Marcus M. Smith ; editor, W. Drew Perkins, Bill Reifenberger ; music, Adrienne Penebre, Peter Penebre ; audio post production, Burning Barn Sound & Music; Narrated by Ossie Davis N2 - The story of an experiment -- "to see if Blacks had the intellectual and physical ability to fly an aircraft in combat." These pilots, trained in the "deep South," became the Tuskegee Airmen, flying combat aircraft during World War II for their country. They battled on two fronts: against the Axis powers in Europe and North Africa, and the racism at home ER -