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Northeastern’s registrar office recently tracked down the transcript of a 102-year-old former student. Which legendary military squadron was he a part of?
Navajo Code Talkers
Tuskegee Airmen
British Special Forces
44th Pursuit Squadron
Answer
Daniel Kreel, one of the
last surviving Tuskegee Airmen
, attended Northeastern in the early 1940s before being drafted into the Air Force. He requested his academic records eight decades later, sparking an epic hunt through the university archives.
Northeastern’s registrar office recently tracked down the transcript of a 102-year-old former student. Which legendary military squadron was he a part of?
Tuskegee Airmen
Navajo Code Talkers
44th Pursuit Squadron
British Special Forces