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2 photos of William Colbert receiving Congressional Medal of honor in nursing home bed surrounded by dignitaries; bottom photo with great-grand-daughter, Aynia Dorsey, Miss Black Pennsylvania US Ambassador

William Colbert, Congressional Gold Medal

As detailed in the article below, on May 15, 2015 Flight Officer William Augustus Colbert, Jr. was awarded the Tuskegee Airmen Congressional Gold Medal. Along with the photograph of the presentation which appeared in the newspaper, we have placed a photograph of Mr. Colbert with his great-grand-daughter, Aynia Dorsey, Miss Black Pennsylvania US Ambassador, who took part in the ceremony.