Remarkable journey of Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first African American general in the US Air Force. Davis graduated from from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1936. By 1941, he was in the Army Air Corps and was in the first training class of the Tuskegee Airmen. He flew several combat missions in World War II and Korea, before retiring as a 3-star general in 1970. | Mike Guardia - Author
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Mike Guardia - Author. Mike Guardia - Author · Original audio. Remarkable journey of Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first African American general in the US Air Force. Davis graduated from from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1936. By 1941, he was in the Army Air Corps and was in the first training class of the Tuskegee Airmen. He flew ...
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