94-year-old Tuskegee Airman honored for her service

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She joined the army over 70 years ago and was assigned to the Tuskegee Air Reserve Base. Yesterday, for Veteran’s Day, she finally received a Congressional Medal.

94-year-old Irma Dryden was honored for her time as a nurse in this incredibly inspiring unit by the Tuskegee Airmen Chapter of Atlanta and Major General Stacey Harris. The commander of Dobbins Air Reserve Base says Second Lt. Dryden was more than a nurse to the unit and definitely earned the title Tuskegee Airman.

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Dryden eventually married one of the airmen and had to settle down once she began having kids, but she will always be proud of her time working with the Tuskegee Airmen as they fought the segregation that would have kept them from serving their country.