Col. Duane Hayden, Tuskegee Airmen Chicago DODO Chapter, (front, left) and retired Army Col. Richard Ligon (front, right) lead the pallbearers in carrying the casket of Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Sr. after his funeral at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

The American flag drapes the casket of Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Sr. before it is presented to his family during graveside services at Oak Hill Cemetery in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Fellow servicemen and women stand as Tuskegee Airmen Chicago DODO Chapter Col. Duane Hayden reads a resolution during the funeral service for Tuskegee Airman and community leader Quentin P. Smith, Sr. at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

The casket is removed upon arrival at Oak Hill Cemetery for the graveside service for Tuskegee Airman and community leader Quentin P. Smith, Sr. at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Major General R. Martin Umbarger, Adjutant General of Indiana National Guard, speaks during the funeral service for Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Sr. (portrait at right) at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Col. Duane Hayden, Tuskegee Airmen Chicago DODO Chapter, salutes the family presenting them a resolution during the funeral service for Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Sr. at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

Quentin P. Smith, Jr. speaks during the funeral service for his father and Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Sr. at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

The casket of Tuskegee Airman and community leader Quentin P. Smith, Sr. is carried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

The folded American flag waits to be draped over the casket during the funeral service for Tuskegee Airman Quentin P. Smith, Sr. at St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Gary, Ind. Tuesday January 22, 2013. | Stephanie Dowell~Sun-Times Media

World War II veteran Dr. Quentin Smith smiles while telling stories of his flight training after being awarded a replacement Congressional Medal honoring the Tuskegee Airmen during a ceremony held at City Hall in Gary, Ind., Friday, April 20, 2012. Smith, 93, fought in World War II as part of the famed 99th Fighter Squadron. Smith's original medal was stolen when his home was burglarized last summer. | Guy Rhodes~For Sun-Times Media