Cedar Hill Cemetery - African American Historic Places (sitios de interés)
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Site #81 on Connecticut Freedom Trail
About: In 1939, Lemuel Rodney Custis was hired as Hartford's first black police officer. He left the police force to enlist in World War II and graduated with four others in the first class from Tuskegee in 1942. Custis was assigned to the 99th Fighter Squadron which flew escort and patrol missions in P-40 Warhaws in North Africa, Sicily and Italy form April 1943 to July 1944. He flew 92 combat missions with the 99th Fighter Squadron and received the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism. He later returned to Tuskegee as an advanced flight instructor, eventually leaving the military as a captain. A memorial marker honoring Custis and the Tuskegee Airmen is located at the entrance of the cemetery.
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