The four winning Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group-(from left) Lt. “Hitler knew I was coming, that’s why he threw in the towel the following month of May,” he joked during the American Veterans Center interview. But by the time Harvey earned his wings, the war in Europe was nearly over. As a product of the Tuskegee Army Air Field flying school, he was also a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African American aviators and ground crew who battled both discrimination and the Axis powers and received three Distinguished Unit Citations for their outstanding combat record over Europe. By April 1945, he was a full-fledged combat pilot. Harvey applied for the Aviation Cadet Training Program, and this time he was successful.
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