One of the last remaining Tuskegee World War II veterans dies at 100

Retired Lt. Col. Harry Stewart, Jr., one of World War II’s few remaining members of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died peacefully in his home in Michigan on Sunday, the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum confirmed. He was 100.

Stewart was one of two surviving combat pilots from the World War II-era 332nd Fighter Group, a segregated all-Black wing of the United States Army Air Force.

“We are deeply saddened by his passing and extend our condolences to his family and friends around the world,” said Brian Smith, the president and CEO of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historical Museum in Detroit. “Harry Stewart was a kind man of profound character and accomplishment with a distinguished career of service he continued long after fighting for our country in World War II.”