George E. Hardy, One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Dies at 100
Lieutenant Colonel George E.
乔治·E·中校
Hardy flew 21 combat missions during World War II, piloting P-51 Mustang aircraft, often escorting heavy bombers as part of the famed Tuskegee Airmen.
哈迪在第二次世界大战期间驾驶 P-51 野马飞机执行了 21 次战斗任务，经常作为著名的塔斯基吉飞行员的一员为重型轰炸机护航。
Top Photo: George E.
顶级照片：乔治·E.
Hardy receiving The National WWII Museum's American Spirit Award in 2024.
哈迪于 2024 年荣获国家二战博物馆美国精神奖。
Photo: The National WWII Museum
照片：国家二战博物馆
Hardy’s passing was announced Friday by the Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. National Office.
塔斯基吉飞行员公司国家办公室周五宣布哈迪去世。
“His legacy is one of courage, resilience, tremendous skill and dogged perseverance against racism, prejudice, and other evils,” the organization wrote in the announcement.
该组织在声明中写道：“他的遗产是勇气、坚韧、高超的技巧以及反对种族主义、偏见和其他邪恶的顽强毅力。”
“We are forever grateful for his sacrifice and will hold dear to his memory.”
“我们永远感谢他的牺牲，并将珍惜他的记忆。”
Hardy was born in 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the second-oldest child of seven.
哈代 1925 年出生于宾夕法尼亚州费城，是七个孩子中的第二大孩子。
When the Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Hardy remembered being upstairs doing homework when he heard the radio broadcast of the Eagles football game being interrupted to share the news.
1941 年 12 月 7 日，日本军队袭击珍珠港时，哈迪记得当时他正在楼上做作业，这时他听到老鹰队橄榄球比赛的广播被打断，要分享这个消息。
His older brother had joined the US Navy in June and was serving as a cook on a destroyer in the North Atlantic.
他的哥哥于六月加入美国海军，在北大西洋的一艘驱逐舰上担任厨师。
In 1943, after turning 17 years old, Hardy initially wanted to join the Navy to be with his brother, but his father refused to sign the necessary papers due to racial barriers in military roles.
1943 年，17 岁的哈迪最初想加入海军与他的兄弟在一起，但他的父亲由于军事角色中的种族障碍而拒绝签署必要的文件。
Hardy later joined the US Army Air Forces, completing the Aviation Cadet Training Program at Tuskegee Army Air Field in 1944.
哈迪后来加入美国陆军空军，于 1944 年在塔斯基吉陆军机场完成了航空学员训练计划。
Trained as a single-engine pilot and commissioned as a Second Lieutenant, Hardy deployed in early 1945 to Italy joining the African American 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group.
哈迪接受过单引擎飞行员训练并被任命为少尉，于 1945 年初部署到意大利，加入非裔美国人第 332 战斗机大队第 99 战斗机中队。
He flew 21 combat missions over Germany and occupied Europe piloting P-51 Mustang aircraft, often escorting heavy bombers.
他驾驶 P-51 野马飞机执行了 21 次上空德国上空和占领欧洲的战斗任务，经常为重型轰炸机护航。
The Tuskegee Airmen, Inc. National Office said that Hardy was "the youngest Red Tail fighter pilot at 19 to fly his first combat sortie over Europe."
塔斯基吉飞行员公司国家办公室表示，哈迪是“最年轻的红尾战斗机飞行员，19 岁就在欧洲上空进行了首次战斗飞行”。
In his oral history interview with the Museum in 2014, Hardy recalled one mission where his plane was struck by small arms fire during a strafing run.
2014 年，哈迪在接受博物馆的口述历史采访时回忆起一次任务，当时他的飞机在一次扫射中被轻武器击中。
He said he knew his plane was hit when he saw a flash of light coming through the cockpit floor, which was usually dark.
他说，当他看到驾驶舱地板发出一道闪光时，他知道他的飞机被击中了，而驾驶舱地板通常是黑暗的。
“What happened was something came through and splintered the aluminum on one side of the plane,” he recalled.
“发生的事情是有东西穿过，导致飞机一侧的铝材破裂，”他回忆道。
“And light started coming through on my feet.”
“光线开始照到我的脚上。”
Such hits could be dangerous, and Hardy recalled that “we lost a number of people on strafing missions.”
这样的打击可能很危险，哈迪回忆说，“我们在扫射任务中失去了一些人。”
Following World War II, Hardy flew 45 combat missions during the Korean War and 70 during the Vietnam War.
第二次世界大战结束后，哈迪在朝鲜战争期间执行了 45 次战斗任务，在越南战争期间执行了 70 次战斗任务。
He also earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in systems engineering at the US Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, Ohio, and worked on the Department of Defense’s first worldwide military telephone system.
他还在俄亥俄州代顿市的美国空军理工学院获得了电气工程学士学位和系统工程硕士学位，并参与了国防部第一个全球军用电话系统的开发工作。
Hardy retired from the US Air Force in 1971 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after nearly 30 years of decorated service.
在服役近 30 年后，哈迪于 1971 年以中校军衔从美国空军退役。
Hardy later became a champion of the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen, sharing their story with students across the nation .
哈迪后来成为塔斯基吉飞行员遗产的捍卫者，与全国各地的学生分享他们的故事。
Before the Tuskegee Airmen, no African Americans had ever served in the US military as pilots.
在塔斯基吉飞行员之前，没有非洲裔美国人曾在美国军队中担任过飞行员。
At First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s insistence, the first Black fighter squadron was created in 1941.
在第一夫人埃莉诺·罗斯福的坚持下，第一个黑人战斗机中队于 1941 年成立。
The 99th Fighter Squadron and the 332nd Fighter Group came to symbolize African American participation in World War II.
第 99 战斗机中队和第 332 战斗机大队成为非裔美国人参与第二次世界大战的象征。
Overall, the 992 Tuskegee-trained pilots and thousands more support personnel logged over 15,000 sorties and nearly 1,600 fighter missions over Nazi-occupied Europe, protecting B-24 bombers from aircraft fire and destroying enemy targets.
总体而言，992 名接受过塔斯基吉训练的飞行员和数千名支援人员在纳粹占领的欧洲上空执行了超过 15,000 架次飞行和近 1,600 次战斗机任务，保护 B-24 轰炸机免受飞机火力攻击并摧毁敌方目标。
The Tuskegee Airmen received the Congressional Gold Medal in 2007 at a ceremony in the Rotunda of the US Capitol "in recognition of their unique military record, which inspired revolutionary reform in the Armed Forces." In 2024, The National WWII Museum was proud to recognize the Tuskegee Airmen with the American Spirit Award, the institution’s highest honor, for their accomplishments and patriotism in the face of discrimination.
2007 年，塔斯基吉飞行员在美国国会大厦圆形大厅举行的仪式上获得了国会金质奖章，“以表彰他们独特的军事记录，激发了武装部队的革命性改革”。 2024 年，国家二战博物馆自豪地授予塔斯基吉飞行员美国精神奖，这是该机构的最高荣誉，以表彰他们在歧视面前所取得的成就和爱国精神。
Said Hardy upon accepting the American Spirit Award on behalf the group: “When I think about the fellas who flew before me and with me at Tuskegee, and the fact that we did prove that we could do anything that anyone else could do and it’s paid off today ...
哈迪在代表该团体接受美国精神奖时说道：“当我想到那些在我之前和我一起在塔斯基吉飞行的人们时，以及我们确实证明了我们可以做任何其他人可以做的事情并且今天得到了回报的事实......
it’s hard to believe that I’m here receiving this award—with them.”
很难相信我能在这里与他们一起接受这个奖项。”
Hardy is featured in The National WWII Museum's interactive Voices from the Front experience, and we are proud to have his oral history in our Digital Collections.
哈迪是国家二战博物馆互动式“前线之声”体验中的主角，我们很自豪能够在我们的数字馆藏中拥有他的口述历史。
We are grateful for Mr. Hardy's service and friendship, and our thoughts are with his family.
我们感谢哈迪先生的服务和友谊，我们与他的家人同在。
Kevin Dupuy is a National Edward R.
凯文·杜普伊 (Kevin Dupuy) 是爱德华·R·国民 (National Edward R.
Murrow Award-winning producer and Director of Digital Content at The National WWII Museum.
默罗奖获奖制作人兼国家二战博物馆数字内容总监。
Joseph R.
约瑟夫·R。
Beyrle's experience captures the initiative demanded of airborne soldiers, the brutality endured by prisoners of war, and the unlikely battlefield cooperation between American and Soviet soldiers during the final months of the war.
拜尔的经历体现了空降兵所需要的主动性、战俘所遭受的残酷以及战争最后几个月美国和苏联士兵之间不太可能的战场合作。
In the letter, Major Richard “Dick” Winters responded to Stephen Ambrose's request for his thoughts on the strain of command, the problems he faced during the war, and the living conditions his soldiers endured.
在信中，理查德·“迪克”·温特斯少校回应了斯蒂芬·安布罗斯关于他对指挥压力、他在战争期间面临的问题以及他的士兵所忍受的生活条件的看法的请求。
What emerged was also a concise explanation of Winters’s leadership philosophy.
随之而来的是对温特斯领导哲学的简洁解释。
At The National WWII Museum, visitors can discover artifacts carried, worn, and used by paratroopers of the 101st Airborne alongside items that tell the story of Band of Brothers itself.
在国家二战博物馆，游客可以发现第 101 空降师伞兵携带、佩戴和使用的文物，以及讲述兄弟连本身故事的物品。
This month, we explore how the Nazi campaign against “degenerate” modernist art and music can help students use Visual Thinking Strategies as a way to observe and think critically about art, as well as teach them how culture plays into times of war.
本月，我们探讨纳粹针对“堕落”现代主义艺术和音乐的运动如何帮助学生使用视觉思维策略作为观察和批判性思考艺术的方式，并教会他们文化如何融入战争时期。
Bussel spent a year as a prisoner of war after his plane was shot down over Germany—a traumatic experience that would fuel his work on behalf of veterans and former POWs later in life.
巴塞尔的飞机在德国上空被击落后，他作为战俘度过了一年——这段痛苦的经历为他日后为退伍军人和前战俘所做的工作提供了动力。
The True Glory chronicles the Allied liberation of Western Europe, from the preparations for Operation Overlord to the fall of Berlin.
《真正的荣耀》记录了盟军解放西欧的过程，从霸王行动的准备工作到柏林的陷落。
Few American generals of World War II inspired as much admiration or as much controversy as George S.
很少有二战时期的美国将军能像乔治·S·布什那样引起如此多的钦佩或争议。
Patton.
巴顿。
In a war against Nazi Germany, no statement was more dramatic than for Jewish American soldiers to proclaim their faith on German soil.
在对抗纳粹德国的战争中，没有什么比犹太美国士兵在德国土地上宣扬他们的信仰更引人注目的了。
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