Stop 8 The Eighth Iowa Line:

Historical marker location:

29750 Larry Dee Cawyer Drive, Spanish Fort, Alabama

( Marker is on Larry Dee Cawyer Drive.)

“The Very Air Was Hot”.

The city of Tuskegee, Alabama is the birthplace of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American military pilots. During World War II, the Tuskegee Airmen were trained at the Tuskegee Institute and went on to fly over 1,500 missions in the war.