My friend and mentor, James Condell, served in the U.S. Army during World War II. All branches of the military were segregated at that time. Condell was a Black American; he served with the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces.
I am immensely proud of his service, and I do not think he was dishonored or disrespected by athletes kneeling during the National Anthem. I don't think he would have felt that way either.
Richard Henderson lives in Moorhead.
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