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The Tuskegee Airmen of WWII marker
 

 The marker reads:

THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN
OF WORLD WAR II

THE ACCEPTED THE CHALLENGE

                   *TWO HUNDRED STRATEGIC BOMBER ESCORT MISSIONS
                     OVER EUROPE WITH THE 15TH AIR FORCE WITHOUT
                     THE LOSS OF A SINGLE BOMBER TO ENEMY AIRCRAFT
                     1944-1945. A RECORD UNSURPASSED.

DEDICATED IN THEIR MEMORY
10 NOVEMBER 1995

(Photo by Kimberly Nguyen)