Lt. Col. (retired) Alexander Jefferson, who flew during World War II with the 332nd Fighter Group, America’s first all-Black military aviators known as the Tuskegee Airmen, speaks to a crowd Nov. 11, 2013, at the Veterans Memorial Park in Clio, Mich. Col. Gregory Holzhei, the director of the Michigan Air National Guard, was the keynote speaker and in spite of the rain and cold weather, hundreds of people come out for the Veterans Day parade and ceremony (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Denice Rankin/Released)