Spriggs and 11 others were inducted into the Iowa Aviation Hall of Fame in 2006 for their military accomplishments and battles against racism.<\/p>\n
Spriggs was an accomplished track athlete who left Des Moines, Iowa, to join the Army in 1941.<\/p>\n
He first served in the 9th Cavalry, nicknamed the Buffalo Soldiers. He joined the Tuskegee Airmen in 1944 and graduated from flight school as a fighter pilot who flew single-engine aircraft. He served with the unit for two years, although he was never deployed overseas. He left the Army in 1946.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The historian of the Tuskegee Airmen tells us that Spriggs didn’t actually fly in combat with the unit, but that he trained with them and he’s a documented member of the Tuskegee Airmen, which is an accomplishment in itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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