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Original Tuskegee Airman visits Pittsburgh airport exhibit

Original Tuskegee Airman visits Pittsburgh airport exhibit
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Original Tuskegee Airman visits Pittsburgh airport exhibit
One of the original Tuskegee Airmen said goodbye to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.Pittsburgh's Action News 4 caught up with retired Lt. Col. James Harvey at Pittsburgh International Airport.The 99-year-old Harvey was in town to serve as grand marshal of Pittsburgh's Juneteenth parade.Harvey explored the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at the airport with his family and military dignitaries.Harvey says he and his fellow pilots and airmen proved a lot of people wrong."They think they know us. They do not know us," he said. "We're better than that. We prove it in our actions. Actions are louder than words."Harvey said this was his first visit to Pittsburgh, and he enjoyed the city.

One of the original Tuskegee Airmen said goodbye to Pittsburgh on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh's Action News 4 caught up with retired Lt. Col. James Harvey at Pittsburgh International Airport.

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The 99-year-old Harvey was in town to serve as grand marshal of Pittsburgh's Juneteenth parade.

Harvey explored the Tuskegee Airmen exhibit at the airport with his family and military dignitaries.

Harvey says he and his fellow pilots and airmen proved a lot of people wrong.

"They think they know us. They do not know us," he said. "We're better than that. We prove it in our actions. Actions are louder than words."

Harvey said this was his first visit to Pittsburgh, and he enjoyed the city.

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