Was First U.S. Military Member To Win Olympic Gold While Service His Country
The Air Force paid its final respects to former 2nd Lt. Malvin G. Whitfield, an Army Air Forces and Air Force veteran, at Arlington National Cemetery, June 8. Whitfield distinguished himself as the first U.S. military member to win Olympic gold medals while serving his country. Whitfield joined the Army Air Corps in 1943 as a Tuskegee Airman, one of more than 1,000 African-American pilots who fought in World War II.
The CAP has announced that Col. Mary S. Feik, the Civil Air Patrol icon and aviation pioneer who was especially renowned as a CAP ambassador devoted to the organization’s cadets, has passed away. She was 92.
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