Colonel Reginald Bassa, Sr., a Tuskegee Institute graduate and one of the oldest living Tuskegee Airmen, served a successful 30-year career in the United States Air Force.

Veterans with the Montford Point Marine Association visited Tuckaseegee Elementary School to share the story of the the first-ever Black marines, who trained at Montford Point here in North Carolina.

In 1941, the formation of the first group of Black military pilots and mechanics was underway in Tuskegee, Alabama where thousands of men and women trained to serve in World War II.