Guam, 13.47861, 144.81834Japan, 35.68536, 139.75309Korea, 37.663998, 127.978458Marshall Islands, Enewetak Atoll, 11.5141037, 162.06439324194528Marshall Islands, Kwajalein Atoll, 9.1257934, 167.5740472U.S. Outlying Islands, Wake Island, 19.28012, 166.64828United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942United States, California, Santa Barbara County, Vandenberg Air Force Base, 34.7483, -120.51817United States, Florida, Escambia County, Pensacola, 30.42131, -87.21691United States, Florida, Hillsborough County, MacDill Air Force Base, 27.8472, -82.50338United States, Florida, Okaloosa County, Eglin Air Force Base, 30.45907, -86.55026United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Fort McPherson, 33.70733, -84.43354United States, Illinois, Cook County, Chicago, 41.85003, -87.65005United States, Indiana, Jackson County, Freeman Field, 38.9160257, -85.89181891749742United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575United States, New York, Onondaga County, Syracuse, 43.04812, -76.14742United States, Ohio, Franklin County, Lockbourne Air Force BaseUnited States, Texas, Wichita County, Wichita Falls, 33.91371, -98.49339United States, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, General Mitchell International Airport, 42.94668, -87.89675Roseman, MalcolmArcher, Rudolph Valentine2003-09-25In this interview, Val Archer describes his experiences in the Army Air Corps at the close of World War II. He recalls the prejudice he and other black men experienced as the Air Force was desegregated by President Truman. He also describes the origins of the organization known today as the Tuskegee Airmen, and his life and education after his retirement from the Air Force.Val Archer was in the United States Air Force in the Pacific following World War II.video/mp4Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, 130 West Paces Ferry Rd., Atlanta, GA 30305http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterVeterans History Project oral history recordingsB-47 bomberCivil rights movementPitot tubesThunderbolt (Fighter plane)U.S. Atomic Energy CommissionUnited States. Air Force. Fighter Group, 332ndUnited States. Air Force. Composite Group, 477thTuskegee Airmen, Inc.United States Military AcademyUnited States Civil Service CommissionUnited States. Air Force. Strategic Missile Squadron, 395thUnited States. Civil Service Reform Act of 1978Geiger FieldOral history interview of Rudolph Valentine ArcherMovingImage