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September 18, 2009 — 11:19pm

Robert Searcy, 88, a member of the all-black group of World War II servicemen known as the Tuskegee Airmen, died of colon cancer Sept. 7 in Atlanta. He enlisted in 1942 and was honorably discharged in 1945, with commendations for supporting combat missions over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. AP

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