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IN HCR0027
Concurrent Resolution
Status
N/A
Primary Sponsor
Gregory Porter
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Department of Transportation to name Interstate 70 from Brazil to Indianapolis and Interstate 65 from Seymour to Indianapolis as "The Tuskegee Airmen Highway"
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Recognizes the Tuskegee Airmen as America's first African-American military airmen, with approximately 1,000 pilots trained at Tuskegee University between 1941 and 1946
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Notes the 332nd Fighter Group flew more than 700 bomber escort missions in World War II and never lost an escorted bomber to enemy fighters, a record unmatched by any other fighter group
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Highlights Indiana's significant connection to the Tuskegee Airmen legacy, including Indianapolis native Charles DeBow, Brazil native Charles Hall (first African-American military aviator to shoot down an enemy plane), and Freeman Field in Seymour (site of the Freeman Field Mutiny)
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Requires the House Principal Clerk to transmit a copy of the resolution to the Indianapolis Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., and the Indiana Department of Transportation commissioner
Legislative Description
Urging INDOT to name the section of Interstate 70 from Brazil to Indianapolis and the section of I-65 from Seymour to Indianapolis as "The Tuskegee Airmen Highway".