The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian recognition awarded by the U.S. Congress. This medal was presented to the Tuskegee Airmen, African American pilots flying for the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. Awarded on March 29, 2007, the medal recognized their “unique military record that inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces.” 


Charles Freedeesee Jamerson was a pilot and served in the U.S. Air Force during World War II, Korea and Vietnam.  He graduated from flight training at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama on March 25, 1943, Class 43-C-SE (Single-Engine Fighter) as a 2nd LT.  He entered the service on April 1, 1941 and retired as a MAJOR on August 25, 1977.

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