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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.
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 ...
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. (July 1, 1877 – November 26, 1970) was a career officer in the United States Army.One of the few black officers in an era when American society was largely segregated, in 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general, the army's first African American general officer.
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.
Charles Young (March 12, 1864 – January 8, 1922) was an American soldier. He was the third African American graduate of the United States Military Academy, the first Black U.S. national park superintendent, first Black military attaché, first Black man to achieve the rank of colonel in the United States Army, and highest-ranking Black officer in the Regular Army until his death in 1922.
Benjamin Horvath, executive director for Hoosier Conservative Voices, speaks at a press conference Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, about the death of Isaiah Walton-Davis and its alleged connection to the ...
Benjamin O. Davis Jr., first African-American to graduate from West Point since 1889 and first African-American brigadier general in the USAF promoted to four-star general [8] Harry Edward Davis, lawyer and Ohio state legislator [9] Russell Howard Davis, educator, activist, and historian, later returned to the school as principal [10]
Terry McKirchy, 62, accepted a plea deal for the death of Benjamin Dowling, who died at 35 after a life of severe disabilities caused by a brain hemorrhage he suffered in 1984 when he was 5 months ...