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Beep Recognizes the ‘red Tails’

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Seventh-graders at St. Pancras Church in Glendale received the sacrament of Confirmation from Bishop Frank Caggiano of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens during a ceremony on Oct. 19 at the house of worship. The candidates for confirmation were both St. Pancras School students and youngsters in St. Pancras’ CCD program. Concelebrating the Mass with Bishop Caggiano were Msgr. Gregory Wielunski

The Tuskegee Airmen were honored by Queens Borough President Helen Marshall during a fund-raiser in Long Island City for Corona’s The Learning Tree school on Jan. 28. As noted, the Tuskegee Airmen were an Alabama-based squadron of African-American fighter pilots who fought and achieved fame during World War II. Shown with Marshall (at center) at the fund-raiser were (from left to right) George Watson Sr., Dabney Montgomery, fighter pilot Roscoe Brown and Wilfred DeFour. The story of the Tuskegee Airmen is told in the recently-released motion picture Red Tails.


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