Another Tuskegee Airman is gone but not forgotten: Lt. Col. Edward P. Drummond of Lakewood Read mor

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Lt. Col. E. P. Drummond, Jr.

Another Tuskegee Airman is gone but not forgotten: Lt. Col. Edward P. Drummond of Lakewood
By Brynn Grimley
Staff writer
August 12, 2014

Lt. Col Edward P. Drummond, Jr. taught his three children there was nothing in life they couldn’t overcome.

Drummond, part of the last graduating class of renowned African American pilots trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama during World War II, proved it by overcoming so much in his own life.

“What dad’s experiences and example showed us is what we could become if we just believed in ourselves and disregarded skin color,” said his oldest son, Edward P. Drummond III.

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Drummond was the last surviving member of the Tuskegee Airmen to belong to the Seattle-based Sam Bruce Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc. He was an ambassador for the local chapter and its scholarship program.

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RIP Colonel Drummond.