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Maj Archie Williams at the 20th Weather Squadron, Japan

Maj Archie Williams at the 20th Weather Squadron, Japan. Archie Williams, 1936 Olympic Gold Medal winner was later Archie Williams, Air Force Weather officer and pilot. With a need for thousands of weather officers in the expanding Army Air Forces in World War II, a Meteorology Aviation Cadet program trained more than 5,600 weather officers at five universities nationwide by the time the last class graduated in mid-1944. (Official USAF Photo)
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Tuskegee Wx Det-1944

Tuskegee Wx Det-1944: The Tuskegee Army Airfield Weather Detachment Weather Officers in front row (l-r): Lt Grant L. Franklin, Lt Archie F. Williams, Capt Wallace P. Reed, Lt John B. Branche, Lt Paul Wise and Lt Robert M. Preer. (Offical U.S. Air Force Photo)
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The U.S. Army Air Corps first Service Pilot training class at Tuskegee

The U.S. Army Air Corps first Service Pilot training class at Tuskegee, AL: (L-R) Archie Williams, Adolph Moret, Jr., unidentified instructor, James O. Plinton, Jr., and Charles Stephens. Archie Williams was already a First Lieutenant when the course was conducted. The other three were cadets who were then appointed flying officers after graduation on Nov. 29, 1944.
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The U.S. Army Air Corps first Service Pilot training class at Tuskegee

The U.S. Army Air Corps first Service Pilot training class at Tuskegee, AL: (L-R) Archie Williams, Adolph Moret, Jr., unidentified instructor, James O. Plinton, Jr., and Charles Stephens. Archie Williams was already a First Lieutenant when the course was conducted. The other three were cadets who were then appointed flying officers after graduation on Nov. 29, 1944.
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Archie Williams at the 1936 Olympics (Courtesy Photo)

Archie Williams at the 1936 Olympics (Courtesy Photo)
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