Black military heroes

Florida aviator   Charles P. Bailey Sr. was the first Black native of the state to fly for the elite Tuskegee Airmen. Bailey was one of nine siblings who served during the major wars of the 20th Century. Bailey was born in 1919 in Punta Gorda, Fla., the youngest of seven boys who were collectively […]

  Pensacola’s Rosamond Johnson Beach stands as a living monument to the heroic efforts of an under-aged Army private from the Gulf Islands region. Private Rosamond Johnson was the first soldier from the area killed in the Korean War, and this pristine beach area was named in his honor shortly after his death. Johnson, who […]