Parts of Iowa Street on San Antonio’s East Side may be given a memorial designation in honor of the Tuskegee Airmen.
The Tuskegee Airmen were the first Black military pilots, taking to the skies during World War II. Out of the first 1,000 listed pilots, approximately 20 were from San Antonio according to the city. Two, Thomas Marvin Ellis and Warren Eusan, were listed as living on streets in the Denver Heights neighborhood.
Ellis died in 2018 at the age of 97, and Eusan died in 2014 at 93. Both men are buried at Ft. Sam Houston National Cemetery. In September, NPR reported George Hardy, the last surviving Tuskegee Airman who saw combat in World War II died at the age of 100…