{"id":1232,"date":"2017-01-17T19:05:23","date_gmt":"2017-01-17T19:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/?p=1232"},"modified":"2017-03-07T16:49:38","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T16:49:38","slug":"retirement-crockett-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ualrexhibits.org\/characters\/retirement-crockett-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Retirement (Crockett-4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his retirement, Crockett continued to work as an Equal Opportunity Officer for the National Guard Bureau until 1977, and lectured on the Tuskegee Airmen in the D.C. area. In 1994, he escorted President Bill Clinton and the British Prime Minister John Major to the Aviator\u2019s Wall in Madingley Cemetery near Cambridge, England.<\/p>\n

In his free time, Crockett was an avid tennis player and won gold medals in many sports in the Senior Olympics of Fairfax County, Virginia, and the Golden Olympics. He and his wife of 58 years, Daisy, were both involved in the National Dunbar Alumni Association, taking part in reunions and fundraising.<\/p>\n

Crockett died in 2012, leaving behind four children and a legacy that helped strengthen the case for integration in the military and in the United States as a whole.<\/p>\n

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Gold medal winners Woody Crockett and Mike Grayson, Senior Olympics, Richmond, VA, 1980. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Woody Crockett (second from left) with Tuskegee airmen at Pentagon Pops Musical Salute to America’s “Guardians of Freedom,” February 15, 1999.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Crockett’s model soldier commendation letter, January 8, 1942. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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In his retirement, Crockett continued to work as an Equal Opportunity Officer for the National Guard Bureau until 1977, and lectured on the Tuskegee Airmen in the D.C. area. In 1994, he escorted President Bill Clinton and the British Prime…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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