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Tuskegee Airman Audley Coulthurst speaks with Bay Shore elementary students during Black History Month celebration
Photo credit: Erin Geismar
Students at Gardiner Manor Elementary School in Bay Shore crowded around the man who was presenting them with the opportunity to try on an authentic World War II field jacket and helmet.
As the relics were passed around, Paul Berger explained that the Tuskegee Airmen were the first African-Americans allowed to fly planes with the U.S. military, paving the way for generations to come.
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