In Memorium: Lt. Colonel Lee Archer, Tuskegee Airmen and Fighter Ace:

I have had the honor and privilege of meeting a number of Lt. Col. Archer’s fellow members of the 332nd Fighter Group and listen to them recall their adventures great and small. Truly they earned their moniker “The Red Tailed Angels” one and all.

I will always regret never having had the opportunity to meet Lt. Col. Archer, however, and his passing serves to remind me of the importance of bearing witness to as many of those who have made history as Lt. Col. Lee Archer as possible, that they may be better remembered by succeeding generations.

Perhaps we’ll live to see a lunar colony after all…