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CINCINNATI (Jeff Hirsh) -- A date should be announced soon for a memorial service for Tuskegee Airman John Leahr. The Cincinnati native and World War II veteran died Friday, March 27, at age 94. Leahr and his friend and fellow pilot Herb Heilbrun were the subject of a Local 12 News documentary three years ago. 1928, Miss. Pitchell's third grade class in North Avondale Elementary School posed for its class picture. A black boy and a white boy stand side by side, but they might as well have been miles apart. They were perfect strangers living in different worlds. They went their separate ways but the lives of John Leahr and Herb Heilbron would ultimately be joined for nearly 90 years. In World War II, Herb flew bombers and John flew fighters for the Tuskegee Airment, the all black pilots unit. They never met because the military was segregated. John recalled a white officer pulling him over during training in Alabama, He said, Where are you niggers going? We're not niggers, we're officers in the United States Army Air Corps. Well I guess the guy went bonkers because he took his pistol out and put it to my temple and said, Nigger, one more world and I'll blow your brains out. John Leahr survived that racism and survived World War II, ultimately meeting Herb at a military reunion in 1997. They swapped stories and learned that John had actually flown fighter cover for two of Herb's bombing runs. And they also realized they were in Miss. Pitchell's third grade class. And so two boys who could not be friends in third grade became best friends decades later. They told their story over and over again to school children. Their message: We all have the same needs and goals. Respect each other. Fight racism. And how should John Leahr be remembered? His side by side buddy said it all, He has the one quality that I admire more than anything and that's integrity.Local 12 spoke with Herb Heilbrun again in March 2015. He was obviously very saddened by the passing of his friend. Herb said John was the only person who could both make him laugh or cry. He recalled one day when the two old vets were leaving some sort of ceremony, and John put his arm on Herb's and said I love you, friend.Another World War II hero passed away Sunday, March 29. Lieutenant Colonel Robert Hite, of the famous 'Doolittle Raiders' died in Nashville, Tennessee at age 95. There are now just two remaining Raiders from the 80 men who bombed Japan in 1942. A Cincinnati Raider, Tom Griffith, died in 2013. Follow Jeff Hirsh on Twitter @local12jeff, and LIKE him on Facebook.