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04 LC 99 0042
House Resolution
1069
By: Representatives Bruce of the 45th, Moraitakis of the 42nd, Post 4, Holmes of the 48th, Post 1, Fludd of the 48th, Post 4, Heard of the 75th, and others
By: Representatives Bruce of the 45th, Moraitakis of the 42nd, Post 4, Holmes of the 48th, Post 1, Fludd of the 48th, Post 4, Heard of the 75th, and others
A RESOLUTION
Honoring Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden of the
Tuskegee Airmen and inviting him to appear before the House of Representatives;
and for other purposes.
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden was born on September 16, 1920, in New York City to Jamaican-born parents, Charles Levi Tucker Dryden and Violet Buckley Dryden; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Dryden earned his bachelor´s degree in political science from Hofstra University and his master´s degree in public law and government from renowned Columbia University; and
WHEREAS, in August of 1941 he was selected for Aviation Cadet training at the Tuskegee Army Flying School and was commissioned on April 29, 1942, as a second lieutenant in a class of only three graduates, only the second class of black pilots to graduate in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps; and
WHEREAS, he was a member of the famed 99th Pursuit Squadron, later the 332 Fighter Group, which served in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during World War II; and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 1943, he was piloting his P-40 fighter, nicknamed "The A-Train," when, for the first time in aviation history, black American pilots of the U.S. Army Air Corps engaged aircraft in combat; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Dryden´s 21 year military career also included combat missions in Korea, and he also served as a professor of air science at Howard University before he retired in 1962 with 4,000 hours flying time; and
WHEREAS, he is a member of the Atlanta Metro Lions Club, Quality Living Services, and the Atlanta Chapter-Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., which he helped found in 1978; and
WHEREAS, in 1998, Colonel Dryden was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, and his autobiography, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, was published by the University of Alabama Press in 1997.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that this body honors Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden of the Tuskegee Airmen and wholeheartedly thanks him for his great service to this country and invites him to appear before the House of Representatives at a date and time to be designated by the Speaker.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden.
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden was born on September 16, 1920, in New York City to Jamaican-born parents, Charles Levi Tucker Dryden and Violet Buckley Dryden; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Dryden earned his bachelor´s degree in political science from Hofstra University and his master´s degree in public law and government from renowned Columbia University; and
WHEREAS, in August of 1941 he was selected for Aviation Cadet training at the Tuskegee Army Flying School and was commissioned on April 29, 1942, as a second lieutenant in a class of only three graduates, only the second class of black pilots to graduate in the history of the U.S. Army Air Corps; and
WHEREAS, he was a member of the famed 99th Pursuit Squadron, later the 332 Fighter Group, which served in North Africa, Sicily, and Italy during World War II; and
WHEREAS, on June 9, 1943, he was piloting his P-40 fighter, nicknamed "The A-Train," when, for the first time in aviation history, black American pilots of the U.S. Army Air Corps engaged aircraft in combat; and
WHEREAS, Colonel Dryden´s 21 year military career also included combat missions in Korea, and he also served as a professor of air science at Howard University before he retired in 1962 with 4,000 hours flying time; and
WHEREAS, he is a member of the Atlanta Metro Lions Club, Quality Living Services, and the Atlanta Chapter-Tuskegee Airmen, Inc., which he helped found in 1978; and
WHEREAS, in 1998, Colonel Dryden was inducted into the Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame, and his autobiography, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman, was published by the University of Alabama Press in 1997.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that this body honors Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden of the Tuskegee Airmen and wholeheartedly thanks him for his great service to this country and invites him to appear before the House of Representatives at a date and time to be designated by the Speaker.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Lieutenant Colonel Charles W. Dryden.