page_title: Willie Rogers (Tuskegee)
section_title: World War II
hierarchical_section_title: Willie Rogers (Tuskegee) / Military service / World War II
caption_attribution_description: English: The 332nd’s aircraft had distinctive markings that gave them the name “Red Tails.” (U.S. Air Force photo)
context_page_description: MSgt. Willie Rogers was a member of the famed group of World War II-era African-Americans known as the Tuskegee Airmen. He was shot twice in Italy during World War II. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007.
context_section_description: Rogers was drafted into the United States Army 1942. He was sent to the European theater of the war, and served in a support role in logistics.
  During a mission in Italy in 1943, he was wounded in action. He was shot twice, once in the stomach and once in the leg by German soldiers. Rogers spent several months recovering in a London Hospital.
  Rogers arrived at the Dachau concentration camp in Germany shortly after it was liberated by American troops April 29, 1945. He and a contingent of Americans took an inventory of the camp.
  Rogers did not tell his family that he was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen until 2012. His family then pursued recognition and he received his Congressional Gold Medal in 2013. There is a portrait of Rogers hanging in the St. Petersburg Museum of History.
caption: The Tuskegee Airmen's aircraft had distinctive markings that led to the name, "Red Tails."[N 1]
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