Historical Marker
PFC Patrick Bates
Historical marker location:
1544 Sportsman Lake Road NW, Cullman, Alabama
( Memorial can be reached from Sportsman Lake Road NW, 0.4 miles west of 2nd Avenue NW (Route 31).)
Cullman County, Alabama.
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.