M26 Pershing

Historical marker location:

2703 Battleship Parkway, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Battleship Parkway and Old Spanish Trail (U.S. 98).)

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.