Tuskegee Airman buried at Arlington Cemetery

WASHINGTON - Col. Spann Watson, one of the famed black flyers who fought in WWII, joins the ranks of the country's fallen at Arlington National Cemetery...

TheGrio Staff
Jul 30, 2010

From WRC in Washington DC

Col. Spann Watson, one of the famed black flyers who fought in WWII and then spent the rest of his life inspiring and mentoring others, joins the ranks of the country’s fallen at Arlington National Cemetery.

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