Charles Dryden (Tuskegee Airman)

Charles W. Dryden
Nickname	"A-TRAIN"
Born	September 16, 1920(1920-09-16) New York City, New York
Died	June 24, 2008(2008-06-24) (aged 87)[1] Atlanta, Georgia
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Georgia Aviation Hall of Fame inductee

Ret. Lt. Col. Charles W. Dryden (September 16, 1920 – June 24, 2008) was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. Dryden earned his wings in 1942, and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II. He is the author of his biography, A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman.^[2]

Biography

Dryden was born in New York City in 1920 and graduated from its Stuyvesant High School. He earned degrees in political science from Hofstra University on Long Island and public law from Columbia University in New York City. He was also awarded an honorary doctorate by Hoftstra in 1996. In between, he taught air science at Howard University in Washington, D.C..^[3]

See also

	Biography portal
	United States Army portal
	World War II portal
	United States Air Force portal

References

1. ^ Rector, Gene (2008-06-24). "Famed Tuskegee Airman dies in Atlanta". Macon Newspapers. http://www.macon.com/149/story/387826.html. Retrieved 2008-06-26. ^{[dead link][dead link]}
2. ^ Dryden, Charles W. (August 2002). A-Train: Memoirs of a Tuskegee Airman. University of Alabama Press. p. 420. ISBN 978-0817312664. 
3. ^ "Red Tail Project - America's Flying Tribute to the Tuskeegee Airmen". Commemorative Air Force. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. http://web.archive.org/web/20071208074537/http://www.redtail.org/airmen/tusk_stories.html#dryden. Retrieved 2008-06-26. 

Persondata
Name	Dryden, Charles
Alternative names
Short description	United States Army officer
Date of birth	September 16, 1920
Place of birth	New York City, New York
Date of death	June 24, 2008
Place of death	Atlanta, Georgia