Another Tuskegee Airman is gone but not forgotten: Lt. Col. Edward P. Drummond of Lakewood Read mor

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Lt. Col. E. P. Drummond, Jr.

Another Tuskegee Airman is gone but not forgotten: Lt. Col. Edward P. Drummond of Lakewood
By Brynn Grimley
Staff writer
August 12, 2014

Lt. Col Edward P. Drummond, Jr. taught his three children there was nothing in life they couldn’t overcome.

Drummond, part of the last graduating class of renowned African American pilots trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama during World War II, proved it by overcoming so much in his own life.

“What dad’s experiences and example showed us is what we could become if we just believed in ourselves and disregarded skin color,” said his oldest son, Edward P. Drummond III.

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Drummond was the last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen to belong to the Seattle-based Sam Bruce Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. He was an ambassador for the local chapter and its scholarship program.

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RIP Colonel Drummond.

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1. RIP Colonel Drummond.

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2. This is the type of DU post I automatically R&K

Celebrating our country's history and honoring the passing of a person who was part of it.

Always a good thing.

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3. Amen!

I had the honor of working with another Tuskegee Airman, Woody Driver, for a few years when he was Vice Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board.

Woody was the best! He happened to be a true-blue Democrat appointed by Jimmy Carter, but I'd still love him if he were a Republican or whatever. He was a helluva good man.

We lost Woody in '92.




Photo By Michael Robert Patterson, 1999

R.I.P. LTC Drummond and Woody Driver.