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Tuskegee Airmen Coming to Austell Intermediate

They'll be speaking to Clarkdale students, who moved into the school after being displaced by the September 2009 floods.

Three Tuskegee Airmen, the first black U.S. pilots who served in World War II, are scheduled to visit Clarkdale third, fourth and fifth graders at Monday morning from 9-10:30.

"The airmen included pilots, navigators, bombardiers, maintenance and support staff, instructors, and all the personnel who kept the planes in the air," according to the Air Force.

Clarkdale students were divided between Austell Intermediate and Compton Elementary following the 2009 floods. Construction on the new school .

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