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1. Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Jr. was a bomber pilot, not a bombardier. He graduated from flight training at Tuskegee, AL in Class 45A-TE (twin engine) on March 11, 1945. The Tuskegee Airmen bomber pilots did not participate in any combat (unlike the Tuskegee Airmen fighter pilots as seen in "Red Tails") because the war was ended by President Truman ordering the dropping of two atomic bombs on the Japanese ending WWII. The bomber pilots were thoroughly trained and ready to go when needed.
2. Smith did not individually receive the Congressional Gold Medal (CGM). On March 29, 2007, then-President George W. Bush collectively, not individually presented the CGM to 300 Tuskegee Airmen and widows who had assembled in the Rotunda of the U. S. Capitol. The assembled persons represented all of the estimated 16-19,000 participants of the "Tuskegee Experience" (1941-1949), which included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, crew chiefs, mechanics, gunners, etc.- When the ceremony was completed, the one and only CGM was taken to the Smithsonian Institution, Air & Space Museum, in Washington, DC where it currently sits. The persons at the ceremony received a CGM bronze replica following the ceremony, thanks to a generous benefactor.
3. If you view the entire list of CGM recipients, you will see the "Tuskegee Airmen" and not Quentin P. Smith, Jr. - The list can be found at: http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/goldMedal.aspx
4. Smith had a CGM bronze replica that was given to him, not the original CGM, in his home, when it was robbed last year.
5. All of the Tuskegee Airmen are heroes. That includes those who fought in combat as well as those who trained for combat, but did not participate. Both groups scored a double victory: they defeated the enemy and they overcame discrimination.