On Friday, as his children gathered to mourn him, one thing that struck them was that their dad, an honest, humble man \u2014 whose first real job was as a coal miner in Virginia \u2014 didn\u2019t reveal that he was a Tuskegee Airman until eight or nine years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe didn\u2019t talk about it,\u201d his son, Dwain Fennoy, said Friday. \u201cHe would just say he was in Italy. I was very much surprised.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI was astonished,\u201d said his daughter, Jevita Terry of Rocky Mount, N.C. \u201cIt was just a feeling of great joy and pride.\u201d<\/p>\n
She surmised that her dad \u201cdidn\u2019t think his job was more important than anyone else who served. He was proud of what he did. He was proud of who he was. But he didn\u2019t see it as anything so great or greater than anyone else who served his country. One thing he wasn\u2019t, and that was haughty. He was a proud man, but never haughty.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Marcey wasn’t a pilot, which is why he didn’t show up on my roster, but he was a fueler. After the war, Eddie went on to a 30-year career with Chrysler – the career he discussed more with his children than his war time experiences. The historian for the Airmen verified to me that Eddie worked with them.<\/p>\n
Reading about folks’ memories of Eddie, I think he and I would have got along real well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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