Memorial service held for Tuskegee Airman 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant at Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery Honor Guard fold the United States flag during the full military honors memorial service held for 2nd Lt. Samuel G. Leftenant at Arlington National Cemetery, Jan. 14, 2016, in Arlington, Va. A U.S. Army fighter pilot, and one of the famed African American Tuskegee Airmen, Samuel G. Leftenant, 21, was involved in a midair collision while escorting bombers to Sankt Viet, Austria, causing him to bailout of his damaged aircraft. He was reported MIA on April 12, 1945, and declared dead in 1946, since he was never found. (U.S. Army photo by Cynthia Mitchell, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District)