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The items for sale are to honor the veterans who served our nation and to expose their stories which might otherwise be lesser known.

Hand signed 4x6 photo by World War II vet, Harold Brown.

 Brown developed an interest in becoming a pilot in his youth. After graduating from high school, he applied to the military to become a pilot. He was underweight so he was instructed to gain weight. After gaining weight to reach the 128.75 pound threshold he was accepted to the Tuskegee Institute for flight training. While he had experienced some racial discrimination in Minnesota, Brown was upset by having to abide by Jim Crow segregation practices when off-base in Alabama. He limited his exposure to racism by spending most of his time in local black communities.

At 19 years old, on May 23, 1944, Brown graduated from flight school as a 2nd Lieutenant.

During a strafing mission over Germany he encountered a German Messerschmitt Me 262 and pursued it, attempting to shoot it down. In 1945, Brown was flying a P-51C east of Bruck, Austria. His flight path took him over anti-aircraft emplacements, where he crashed after shrapnel from a destroyed German cargo train hit his plane. He was surrounded by Austrian and German citizens who then attempted to lynch him, before a German constable intervened and took him to a prisoner of war camp for two months. He was one of 32 of the Tuskegee Airmen to be captured during the war.

Shipping is done within 24 hours of received payment. We ship our items in 6X9 envelopes, sent first class with tracking and well packed. We do our best to accommodate special shipping requests as needed.

We do accept returns within 14 days that has been communicated and approved. We have a 15% fee on items that are restocked and do pay for return shipping. Refunds are given once items are returned in original condition.

On all of our sold items we donate a percentage of profits to the Wounded Warrior project and to World War II museum in New Orleans, LA.