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Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was born in Washington, D.C. on December 18, 1912, the second of three children born to Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Elnora Dickerson Davis. [1] His father was a U.S. Army officer, a lieutenant at that time, stationed in Wyoming with the 9th Cavalry, a segregated African-American regiment.
The first class (42-C) of twelve cadets and one student officer, Captain Benjamin O. Davis Jr., who served as Commandant of Cadets, began training on 19 July 1941. On March 6, 1942, this class graduated with Davis and five of the original twelve cadets, 2Lt. Lemuel R. Custis, 2Lt. Charles DeBow, 2Lt. George S. Roberts, and 2Lt. Mac Ross ...
Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., commander of the Tuskegee Airmen 332nd Fighter Group, in front of his P-47 Thunderbolt in Sicily General Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., the first African American four-star general in the United States Armed Forces, was a Tuskagee Airman lieutenant and instructor Tuskegee airman Alix Pasquet, date unknown.
In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., later commanded the famed Tuskegee Airmen. In ...
In July, a fishing vessel saw a body floating in the ocean, which, although they didn't retrieve it, was believed to be Hamel's. [120] 18/19 August 1914 Albert Johan Petersson: 44 Bergen: Swedish chemist, engineer and industrialist Albert Petersson disappeared during a boat trip from Odda, Norway to Bergen. [121] 3 December 1914 Harald Kristian ...
Kawam’s body was ID’d through fingerprints more than a week after the horrific tragedy. Zapeta-Calil, 33, who was deported in 2018 but sneaked back into the US, was indicted on first- and ...
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Wright’s body washed ashore near the Nash Street beach access at the Springmaid Pier, the coroner’s release said. Police responded about 2:24 p.m., according to a police report.