Charles Crenchaw
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Charles Crenchaw
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Charles Madison Crenchaw was an African-American mountaineer and veteran flight engineer. On July 9, 1964, he became the first African-American to summit Denali, the highest-peak in North America. Prior to the historic climb, achieved as a member of a climb with the Seattle Mountaineers, Crenchaw served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army Air Corps. As flight engineer he was in charge of maintenance for airplanes flown by the Tuskegee Airmen. His service was an experiment designed to demonstra
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Mountaineer and Tuskegee Airmen flight engineer (1921–1998)
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2024-04-23T02:50:03Z
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