Tuskegee Airman celebrates 101st birthday
Tuskegee Airman turns 101
By WSFA Staff | March 16, 2021 at 4:52 PM CDT - Updated March 16 at 5:04 PM
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - The only remaining Tuskegee Airman living in this area celebrated his 101st birthday Tuesday.
A celebration for Oscar Gadson was held at Moton Field, the home of the Tuskegee Airmen.
Gadson was more than just an elite airman in World War II.
“Not only was he a Tuskegee Airmen trainee on this field flying the PT-13 and PT-17. But Oscar was also a Buffalo Soldier during the war. And one of the great battles in American history during World War II was at Po Valley and Oscar was indeed in that campaign. He received medals in three campaigns in Europe during World War II. Oscar additionally, after the war was over, served at the medical center in Tuskegee for over 40 years before retiring as a medical technologist,” said retied Col. Roosevelt J. Lewis Jr., president of the Alabama chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen.