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September 11, 2023

Because We Must NEVER Forget: WWII Pilot Fred L. Brewer Jr. Accounted For

Brewer Was A Pilot With The 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, Also Known As The Tuskegee Airmen

The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced that U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. Fred L. Brewer Jr., 23, of Charlotte, North Carolina, killed during World War II, was accounted for Aug. 10, 2023. In late 1944, Brewer was a pilot with the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, also known as the Tuskegee Airmen, in the European Theater. On Oct. 19, Brewer departed Ramitelli Air Base, Italy, as one of 57 fighters assigned to escort bombers to their targets in Regensburg, Germany.

Biden Criticized for Lack of Decorum

Joe Biden was criticized for abruptly departing a Medal of Honor ceremony, leaving a celebrated, 81-year-old Vietnam War hero standing awkwardly alone on a White House stage. Biden hastened from the East Room after awarding the U.S.’s highest military honor to retired U.S. Army Captain and UH-1/AH-1 pilot Larry Taylor, who flew over two-thousand combat missions in both the iconic Huey utility and Cobra attack helicopter platforms.