Col. Charles McGee, Tuskegee Airman (Full Interview)

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  • @sokay2laugh512
    @sokay2laugh512 5 років тому +43

    Not sure you’ll ever know I wrote this. Col Charles McGee, thank you so much for your service and for taking the time to share a bit of your story.
    It’s past midnight and I should be asleep but I could listen for hours.
    Thank you for your strength, patience and for improving our country.
    God bless you.

  • @herschelherndon1666
    @herschelherndon1666 5 років тому +43

    A legend for the ages: courage, intelligence, fortitude and humility all on display. A true hero and an example of the best humanity has to offer.

  • @davidbrownell698
    @davidbrownell698 5 років тому +35

    Would love to shake his hand and give him a hug.
    He's a very beautiful person.
    No bitterness whatsoever.

    • @garyjnj1
      @garyjnj1 3 роки тому

      @mi24sturmno one wants to be you. We are better than that.

  • @dp-lq8sy
    @dp-lq8sy 4 роки тому +18

    Thank you for everything. I grew up knowing I literally owe my life to millions of brave Americans who fought in WW2. My mother told me that the greatest heroes were those who fought for justice and equality while they themselves were deprived of those rights. She was liberated April 15 1945 from Bergen Belsen....

  • @robynn144
    @robynn144 5 років тому +15

    Happy 100th birthday, Colonel Charles McGee. I hope it is okay that I am a few days late! Thank you for your gallant service. As a veteran myself (although not from WW2 of course!), I salute you, Sir. You are a true hero in every sense of the word. An example to be followed. We can all learn something from your story!!

  • @thomasscoot904
    @thomasscoot904 4 роки тому +7

    You are the one that deserves the medal sir..

  • @robynn144
    @robynn144 4 роки тому +30

    409 combat missions, during three different wars. "Brave" would be an understatement. Col. Charles McGee's valor is beyond measure, and we could all learn something from his story. Even if we are not fighter pilots or soldiers at war, most people could try to be more courageous, more optimistic and more tolerant. Like Col. McGee.

    • @touristguy87
      @touristguy87 2 роки тому

      I'm not sure what it matters, really, how many combat missions he flew or how many wars he fought in.
      I think that is one of the big problems with any examination of a cultural or government institution, it becomes something of a chicken-egg problem: how do you truly evaluate the institution without using the institutions' own measures of success and failure and by extension, of course, adopting their definitions of what their measures are and should be?
      Well, the first step is to reject those measures as insufficient for the task at hand.
      Otherwise you might as well just take their word that they are doing a good job.
      It has been said that a hero is a person looking for a good way to get themselves killed.
      Is it "bravery" to go to war, or simple recklessness, perhaps even an abandonment of personal responsibility?
      If war is a good thing, then why are we not constantly at war? Why doesn't everyone go to war?
      We went to war to fight the Nazis and the Japanese who wanted to go to war against the Allies.
      So it's a good thing to fight those who want to attack us, but a bad thing for them to attack us?
      Seems like if nothing else we should thank them for giving us such a great opportunity to do such good deeds...and continue to thank them while we kill them...
      I can think of a lot of reasons to fly 409 combat missions. But most of them revolve around the fact that flying a combat mission isn't all that dangerous in and of itself. If he had one enemy kill for every combat mission then he'd have 409 kills and that would truly be astounding. If he'd been shot down once for every 100 combat missions then he'd have been shot down 4 times over the course of his combat career. It seems clear to me that given a certainly level of competency, flying combat missions isn't all that risky, and he did it because he was good at it, he wanted to do it, he didn't really want to do anything else and a lot of people were happy to have him do it rather than do it themselves. I'm sure that most combat pilots would say the same. Some saw it as more of a risk than others did. But I'll bet you that the most bravery was required to do it the first time. At some point it just became a matter of luck, to keep getting into the plane and hoping that you wouldn't die.
      Even the best pilots eventually die. It's just a question of when.

  • @latenightheavy
    @latenightheavy 4 роки тому +8

    Simply amazing. Love seeing elderly people as sharp as he is.

  • @deancontreras6060
    @deancontreras6060 4 роки тому +7

    Thank you General For your service and Legacy !

  • @ericjosephgarand8585
    @ericjosephgarand8585 5 років тому +18

    Happy 100th birthday, Colonel McGee! 🥳💯

  • @michaelgaynor6866
    @michaelgaynor6866 4 роки тому +18

    As a seventh generation family member of Veterans who lost their lives for our Country I salute our Veterans Everywhere including you from Philadelphia,Pa. Thank you Sir!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍 Just watched the President honor you. February 5th 2020

  • @h0u5ton
    @h0u5ton 4 роки тому +23

    Congratulation Brigadier General McGee . Well lived life to be proud of.

    • @michaelgaynor6866
      @michaelgaynor6866 4 роки тому +3

      MeHo,INDEED 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @auntkaz422
    @auntkaz422 4 роки тому +2

    This man (USAF Brigadier General Charles McGee) is a legend. He had every reason to be angry and decided to stay positive while he worked toward change. What an epic life he has led. He is an incredible example to us all. Major respect.

  • @carlanelson41
    @carlanelson41 4 роки тому +10

    Love this. He is a Hero, and he sure looks good for his age. His great grandson looks just like him. Thank you for your service. My late grandfather flew with General Eisenhower in 1942 as his chief engineer on B17. 1917-2005. Love Mr. McGee's interview. P51 Mustang is my favorite plane.

  • @teresaburton4145
    @teresaburton4145 4 роки тому +5

    I love this man. Thanks for your heroic service, sir.

  • @gabrielchristian3981
    @gabrielchristian3981 5 років тому +7

    Colonel McGee is an outstanding American hero and humanitarian. Kind, gracious and modest Colonel McGee continues to inspire our youth in way of civic leadership and encouraging youth to engage careers in aviation. He has truly upheld the culture of excellence and noble service that exemplified the legendary Tuskegee Airmen.

  • @elainesmith7512
    @elainesmith7512 5 років тому +13

    This makes me happy and sad at the same time because Mr. McGee looks just like my late father, but my father was much older than he. My father was born in 1905. Btw, one of my grade school teachers back in the late 1950s was a Tuskegee Airman during WW II, and he used to tell us about his experiences. Since I was just a little girl, I didn't understand nor really cared about what he was telling us. It wasn't until years later when I was in college that I understood AND appreciated his experiences. Thank you for your service, Mr. Hodges, Mr. McGee and your fellow Tuskegee Airmen! Good job! Btw, as of today (6/16/19), Col. McGee is still alive, and will hopefully celebrate his 100th birthday this December 7, 2019.

    • @robynn144
      @robynn144 5 років тому +3

      Happy 100th birthday, Colonel Charles McGee. I hope it is okay that I am a few days late! Thank you for your gallant service. As a veteran myself (although not from WW2 of course!), I salute you, Sir. You are a true hero in every sense of the word. An example to be followed. We can all learn something from your story!!

  • @barbaratucker5058
    @barbaratucker5058 5 років тому +9

    Wow! What a smart courageous man! And handsome too! Thank you for your service to our country !

  • @rugaru09-20
    @rugaru09-20 2 роки тому +1

    RIP brig gen McGee, I just watched this today after finding out he passed today, I'm glad to watch this amazing documentary on not just him, but even rosie, and other war heros. Keep up the work keeping our wonderful past alive as you continue to document the history of these ppl.

  • @stevestringer7351
    @stevestringer7351 4 роки тому +2

    I regret the racial injustices he and so many others have gone through. However, this gentleman and so many others are an example for all of us to follow in grace, humility and forgiveness. Thank you for your service sir!

  • @seosamhfiannachta434
    @seosamhfiannachta434 4 роки тому +3

    Thank You for your service General! Also your Father’s service.

  • @tomosbon4837
    @tomosbon4837 4 роки тому +5

    There are several things that I would like to mention but really words are deficient. Hopefully a sincere Thank You Sir will suffice.

  • @hamburgerdan1963
    @hamburgerdan1963 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you for your service! You may have helped some of my family that was in the US Army that served in WW2 and Vietnam

  • @jfarill834
    @jfarill834 5 років тому +8

    Well done, General! You are an inspiration to me and always have been. I loved seeing you on Discovery Wings!

  • @SomaticDust
    @SomaticDust 4 роки тому +20

    Brigadier General Charles Mcgee

  • @wavveytae4181
    @wavveytae4181 2 роки тому +3

    He died yesterday bruh. I give him my final farewell and salute to this American hero 💪🏾💪🏾👏🏾👏🏾🤟🏾🤴🏾🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @akires1550
    @akires1550 4 роки тому +4

    What an amazing man! Thank you for your service sir!

  • @h0u5ton
    @h0u5ton 4 роки тому +4

    I also would like to add/say Thank you.

  • @brendaproffitt4807
    @brendaproffitt4807 5 років тому +6

    So wonderful .Great video

  • @brentdrecksler930
    @brentdrecksler930 3 роки тому

    A very good man and a hero. I did get the opportunity to meet some of the Tuskegee airmen at the Lincoln Challenge Academy in Rantoul, I’ll. What an honor. Thank you for your service.

  • @jonathanhonerbrink9886
    @jonathanhonerbrink9886 4 роки тому +2

    Thank u sir. I love you for your service...you are what America is all about . I’m sorry there was segregation. You are a true American hero.

  • @redblackandgreen1117
    @redblackandgreen1117 4 роки тому +10

    General McGee! Make America Great Again! USA!

    • @redblackandgreen1117
      @redblackandgreen1117 4 роки тому +1

      @Genaro Scala Marxist historical revisionist crap!
      Fact: The USA was born in the blood of Crispus Attucks a free Black man and for years anyone could have been a slave and was. Slavery became racialized.
      Fact: The USA founding documents laid the foundational bases for exempting all from slavery once societal and economic pressures eliminated the need for slaves.

    • @redblackandgreen1117
      @redblackandgreen1117 4 роки тому +1

      @Genaro Scala NOTHING that you wrote above contradicts(let alone even addresses) What i wrote above.
      To reiterate:You're grip against the US government for not making veterans whole -
      Fact: The USA was born in the blood of Crispus Attucks a free Black man and for years anyone could have been a slave and was. Slavery became racialized.
      Fact: The USA founding documents laid the foundational bases for exempting all from slavery once societal and economic pressures eliminated the need for slaves.

    • @redblackandgreen1117
      @redblackandgreen1117 4 роки тому +1

      @Genaro Scala We'll i'm not White .i'm Black ,but you don't have to patronize me.
      The USA IS Great and was from the beginning. Within its first 100 years it eliminated chattel slavery of my ancestors taking the tens of thousands ,white AND Black to do so.
      During its second hundred years it resolved the racial question legally in the 1960s after becoming a global power after two successful world wars.
      Maybe because i'm NOT white,i feel no need to feel guilty over something i never did. And unless you owned African descendant slaves recently,i suggest you do the same.

    • @redblackandgreen1117
      @redblackandgreen1117 4 роки тому +1

      @Genaro Scala I've read and written reports on Mr CPUSA endorsed bias ' and so-called 'peoples history.' I prefer oxford history of the united states,the oxford companion and even the leftie Untold History of the United States history of the united states to a view based solely or largely on Mr Commie Zin's account.

    • @redblackandgreen1117
      @redblackandgreen1117 4 роки тому +1

      @Genaro Scala As for 'educate 'myself'? lol...why don't YOU use critical thinking and ask your self which country is it that both its champions as well as its detractors rather live in?
      When you can wrap your obviously stunted intellect around that conundrum? Then you'll realize why i wrote 'Make America Great Again! USA!
      '

  • @joans2002
    @joans2002 4 роки тому +4

    I love this gentleman warrior!

  • @RHFactorat
    @RHFactorat 3 дні тому

    An American hero for the ages. Brilliant, humble, fortitude, intact Spirit. The best of humanity.

  • @rvborgh
    @rvborgh 4 роки тому +6

    So happy for this man. i pray that the Lord gives him many more days on this Earth to inspire more people towards greatness.

  • @jjalarcon2147
    @jjalarcon2147 4 роки тому +4

    Slow Salute and Thank you for your service. Wish you more Happy Birthdays.

  • @claudiabennett4482
    @claudiabennett4482 4 роки тому +2

    They were so courageous. I seen many movie about these Navy fighters. tears!

  • @TaxationWithoutRepresentation
    @TaxationWithoutRepresentation 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing. Thank you for your service.

  • @paulmarshall690
    @paulmarshall690 4 роки тому +2

    GREAT AMERICAN. Thank God for men (and women) like this.

  • @user-oc6qs1po3j
    @user-oc6qs1po3j 4 роки тому +17

    This man is from when men where men an being a proud America was just how it was. I'm still a proud America. An many still are. This man fought the socialist dictator Hitler. I only hope pray that there are still enough proud America people left to fight off socialism nowadays. As it is on our front steps knocking on our own door. Men like him stood up for the red white an blue. Now it is our turn to keep old glory flying in respect to him an all who fought an died for her

    • @trgambler
      @trgambler 4 роки тому

      It was not socialist it was fascist. You have no idea what socialism are you wouldn't be pushing the lies of the Republicans.

  • @KateBurie
    @KateBurie 4 роки тому +2

    What a hero. God bless you, Charles!

  • @jyellowhammer
    @jyellowhammer Рік тому

    What you all are witnessing is a gentleman and a class act. My kind of role model.

  • @juliemerritt5144
    @juliemerritt5144 Рік тому

    Thank you for your service

  • @theunholysoul
    @theunholysoul 5 років тому +2

    Thank you

  • @ralphmcbride71
    @ralphmcbride71 4 роки тому

    Thank you sir for POWERING .... powerful up and POWERING on. You were a blessing in the sky

  • @davemachoukas6175
    @davemachoukas6175 3 роки тому

    First class man. Thank you for your service sir.

  • @robr1656
    @robr1656 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your service sir.

  • @alethamobley6688
    @alethamobley6688 2 роки тому

    Thank You for your service SIR!

  • @andrewwebb-trezzi2422
    @andrewwebb-trezzi2422 4 роки тому +3

    A giant of a man

  • @byroncollins
    @byroncollins 2 роки тому +1

    May He Rest In Peace 🙏

  • @Jimbo898
    @Jimbo898 4 роки тому

    I got to meet Charles, it was a great honor. You for will ever be a Buckeye.

  • @davidhansen4471
    @davidhansen4471 Рік тому

    thank you charles

  • @thewryside2711
    @thewryside2711 23 дні тому

    What a darling human being.

  • @caveman726
    @caveman726 3 роки тому

    Thankyou Sir 🇺🇸

  • @jordanbeals9132
    @jordanbeals9132 2 роки тому +1

    RIP to an true American hero

  • @cdysigh6093
    @cdysigh6093 4 роки тому +10

    Hello! I am wondering if I would be able to use this interview in my National History day project, it's about how the tuskegee airmen helped start the civil rights movement

    • @sl8terb824
      @sl8terb824 4 роки тому +4

      Cdysigh omg I’m doing the Tuskegee airmen for national history day too

    • @michaelgaynor6866
      @michaelgaynor6866 4 роки тому +5

      @@sl8terb824 ,President Trump on his State of the Union address just honored this Great Man!!! Feb.5th 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍👍👍☝️

  • @Jesusiscominglookup
    @Jesusiscominglookup 4 роки тому +1

    A hero and wonderful America.

  • @LBGirl1988
    @LBGirl1988 3 роки тому

    What a perfect gentleman and hero!

  • @bella123439
    @bella123439 5 років тому +5

    COL Charles McGee i stand in awe of you sir, where would we be if it were not for men like you GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL FELLOW AMERICANS BLACK AND WHITE GOOD GOD LETS GET RID OF THIS COLOUR THING WE ARE ALL GODS CREATIONS GREAT POST

    • @robynn144
      @robynn144 5 років тому +2

      Exactly. We are all equal.

    • @michaelgaynor6866
      @michaelgaynor6866 4 роки тому +2

      @@robynn144 ,Our blood.....is all the same color!

  • @mrpeabodythethird
    @mrpeabodythethird 2 роки тому

    I'm kind of at a loss for words when I think about these kinds of people. Even though this man (and others like him) saw some of the worst of America he still fought for her. America is, indeed, a great country. America has not been perfect but men like this make us all a better country. Thank God for the freedoms we have had here in America. We would not have enjoyed them so long if it were not for men who are willing to fight. They deserve our most sincere respect and honor.

  • @jyellowhammer
    @jyellowhammer Рік тому

    Love this man!

  • @marianparoo1544
    @marianparoo1544 2 роки тому +1

    The Greatest of the Greatest Generation. They and the Japanese-American volunteers

  • @rickdrackert2576
    @rickdrackert2576 4 роки тому

    Congratulations Sir..I'm figuring you must have known our family friend General Chappie James. Glad for your service..

  • @yolandakuieekuiee7260
    @yolandakuieekuiee7260 2 роки тому

    RIP THE LAST OF THE REDTAILS! GOD BLESS FOR YOUR SERCIVES AND POWERFUL TESTIMONY!

  • @albertsystem1
    @albertsystem1 2 роки тому

    What a gentleman.

  • @howiesmith1504
    @howiesmith1504 2 роки тому

    Sound level is much too low. The CC alone doesn't quite cut it. Please repost with the volume turned up considerably. Thanks!

  • @havedrill1
    @havedrill1 3 роки тому

    One of my heroes.✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

  • @magicmike6157
    @magicmike6157 5 років тому +3

    Wow! My hat's off

  • @williamdrayton7352
    @williamdrayton7352 4 роки тому +3

    I just paid my respect to my friend's grandfather funeral last night. He was a 100 years old and a World War 2 veteran and what my people face coming back. That was the main reason the Great Muhammad Ali refused to fight in Vietnam.

    • @michaelgaynor6866
      @michaelgaynor6866 4 роки тому

      As a seventh generation family member of Veterans who lost their lives for our Country I salute our Veterans Everywhere including your Friends Grandfather,tell your Friend I honor his Grandfather here in Philadelphia, Pa. Feb.7th 2020 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

    • @williamdrayton7352
      @williamdrayton7352 4 роки тому

      @@michaelgaynor6866 i always will respect my elders that fought for a racist Amerikkk. Just like i will always honor Herman Bell, Asasta Shakur and Muhammad Ali because they fought the enemy in Amerikkk who denied them basic human rights and use terrorist tactics against their people

    • @williamdrayton7352
      @williamdrayton7352 4 роки тому +1

      @Mike Santino sound like you Latinos. You racist ass need to worry about why Hispanic who fought for this country is being deported or who was born here are being held until they findout their citizens. You ignorant bastard Muhammad Ali is great man because he had the common sense not to fight for a racist country who treated his father peers like second class citizens and you do know racist that he was denied food in a restaurant after fighting in the Olympics for Amerikkk.

    • @williamdrayton7352
      @williamdrayton7352 4 роки тому

      @Mike Santino ignorant ass racist devils didn't respect this man when he came back

    • @talltexan6432
      @talltexan6432 4 роки тому

      Ok, asshole! You win the TROLL award for deliberately pissing people off just for laughs. NOW straighten yo ass up.

  • @delprice3007
    @delprice3007 4 роки тому +1

    An obvious leader to make America proud.

  • @andrewcarlson3486
    @andrewcarlson3486 4 роки тому +1

    happy 101st birthday charles

  • @vernonrobinson1685
    @vernonrobinson1685 7 місяців тому

    This is a great American

  • @ligmaboo
    @ligmaboo 2 роки тому

    This man is such a pure blooded fighter pilot he didn’t even count nam as a combat mission because he carried no weapons “where you shot at” “ oh yes!”

  • @degeneffeproductions2668
    @degeneffeproductions2668 2 роки тому

    Rest in peace, king

  • @oneladiesmancookingforbegi7066
    @oneladiesmancookingforbegi7066 2 роки тому

    Why is this sound so low ??

  • @thomaselliott4246
    @thomaselliott4246 3 роки тому

    Sound is way to low

  • @Moethical
    @Moethical 2 роки тому +1

    R.I.P

  • @dennisinman4740
    @dennisinman4740 2 роки тому

    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE TO OUR GREAT NATION COLONEL MCGEE. YOU ARE TRULY A HERO. SUCH A SWEET SPIRIT. I HOPE TO MEET YOU IN HEAVEN ONE DAY TO BE WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND WERE THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MORE WARS.
    GOD BLESS YOU COLONEL MCGEE.

  • @basshead9872
    @basshead9872 2 роки тому

    RIP😔

  • @alexandraasbury9974
    @alexandraasbury9974 4 роки тому

    America is proud and grateful to you, Col. McGee. You are a patriot and a first-class hero!! You will never be forgotten. Many more years in good health to you, sir, and I pray you know the love of the blessed Savior Jesus and that God blesses you richly!!! I thank you and all the Tuskegee Airman for all yas have done.

  • @billschofield4802
    @billschofield4802 6 місяців тому

    I still believe there people who don’t believe the sacrifice the Tuskegee black pilots caught in ww2 Korea and Vietnam putting their Ives on the line unbelievable 😢❤

  • @genebohannon8820
    @genebohannon8820 4 роки тому +1

    I jus opened a can of SPAM to honour the folks of WWII. I knew a wasp growing up!

  • @anthonymoreno4391
    @anthonymoreno4391 3 роки тому

    Great American.

  • @stinkyminja
    @stinkyminja 2 роки тому

    Mcgeeeeeeee

  • @JustMe-ku6rk
    @JustMe-ku6rk 4 роки тому +1

    That would be General McGee.

  • @jhonezcronic
    @jhonezcronic 5 років тому +2

    👍🏾

  • @geneshogsheadcheese307
    @geneshogsheadcheese307 3 роки тому

    The Germans feared seeing those red tails fighters bombers said they saved their lives many times 🙏

  • @DawnStr8
    @DawnStr8 4 роки тому +3

    Gosh he looks good for his age! So thankful that President Trump gave him the recognition he deserved years ago. Can’t wait to see his great grandson to join the Space Force and go to the moon.

  • @valmid5069
    @valmid5069 3 роки тому

    *Real Capt America*

  • @carolecarr5210
    @carolecarr5210 Рік тому

    Chanut never mentioned this in orientation in 1965 as USAF Nurse assigned there. Shame !

  • @richardbowers3647
    @richardbowers3647 4 роки тому

    Vietnam Veterans - - Many soldiers wrote about their experiences in the 80s!!! I've personally read over 50ty of those paper-back books written by them, their wives, their girl friends. Those stories were way different than these verbal ones today in 2020. Just saying.

  • @dezman56ford
    @dezman56ford 4 роки тому

    Wow, his is a story beggin to be told, Autobiographically speaking, can't imagine the incredible experiences he has to share, not withstanding his personal experiences relating to the treatment of black servicemen during and probably after the second world, 3 distinguished flying crosses, 409 combat missions in 3 theatres of war makes for a compelling movie experience, c'mon get it done.

  • @janlindtner305
    @janlindtner305 Рік тому

    The potential that has been lost over time, excluded because of nationality, race and skin color is to be enraged about. Can we afford it?

  • @margerymorris7827
    @margerymorris7827 4 роки тому

    Now is the time to use the Tuskegee airman as a model to train black men to become policemen and eventually take over all police responsibilities and really become Heroes.

  • @charlesmelonson7966
    @charlesmelonson7966 4 роки тому +2

    Just think about it,from this to trump.

    • @SerenityMae11
      @SerenityMae11 2 роки тому

      Lol that's the truth!

    • @thewryside2711
      @thewryside2711 23 дні тому

      Colonel McGee lived through the Great Depression, whooped Hitler, came back to Jim Crow and then Trump. I wonder how he kept that sparkle in his eye? A rare human being.