From history-making Eastern Illinois athlete to Nazi-fighting Tuskegee Airman: The remarkable story of Charles B. Hall
In March 1941, the 99th Pursuit Squadron, the U.S. Army Air Corps' first all-Black fighter unit, was activated at Chanute Field in Rantoul. Ground crews received training at Chanute while aviation cadets were trained in Tuskegee, Ala. Among the pilots …