Henry Wise Jr.
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Early life
Wise was born in Cheriton, Virginia, and he graduated from the all black private school, Virginia Union University.[1]
Career
From 1942 to 1946 served as a pilot in the Tuskegee Airmen.[1] Wise's plane was shot down over Romania near the Ploesti oilfields. He spent three months as a prisoner of war.[3]
In 1955 Wise left his family practice to work as a physician at Prince George's Hospital Center. At that time Wise was the only African American physician. He went on to become the medical director at Bowie State University[3]
Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High School was approved by the Board of Education for Prince George's County Public Schools in 2005.[4]
Death
Wise suffered a heart attack and died at Prince George's Hospital Center on May 2, 2003.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Awards
- Air Medal
- Certificate of Valor for Courage in Combat
- Congressional Gold Medal awarded to the Tuskegee Airmen in 2006[5]
- Pioneer Award for Distinguished Service and Historic Achievement.
- Purple Heart
See also
- Dogfights (TV series)
- Executive Order 9981
- List of Tuskegee Airmen
- Military history of African Americans
- The Tuskegee Airmen (movie)
References
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External links
- Fly (2009 play about the 332d Fighter Group)
- Tuskegee Airmen at Tuskegee University
- Tuskegee Airmen Archives at the University of California, Riverside Libraries.
- Tuskegee Airmen, Inc.
- Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
- Tuskegee Airmen National Museum
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- 1920 births
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- African-American physicians
- Physicians from Maryland
- American World War II flying aces
- Aviators from Virginia
- People from Cheriton, Virginia
- Recipients of the Air Medal
- Tuskegee Airmen
- United States Army Air Forces officers
- African-American aviators
- American prisoners of war in World War II
- 21st-century African-American people