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[[four black and white photos - pictures noted with orientation upright]]

[[top left: woman in cockpit of an aircraft, waving out the window]]

[[top right: woman in dark suit, white stockings standing in wheelwell near the landing gear, part of aircraft propeller of a large aircraft in foreground]]

[[bottom left: three people standing in front of the engine of a large aircraft: an airman is assisting a woman in a dark suit attaching her front-pack parachute to its harness, his parachute lying on the ground next to his left foot.  Another man looking on at the right of the photo]]

[[bottom right: woman (left) shaking hands with Colonel Davis (right) who is holding a white box in his left hand; and a small child in a white dress and bonnet standing between them next to the woman. Davis' wings, ribbons, rank, insignia, wristwatch and ring visible.  (Posed as a presentation?) White lettering at bottom of photo:
"(447CGX8t45) AAF DAY GOD. FLD.,KY."]]

Transcription Notes:
From the Davis news clipping set: [[newspaper clipping]] https://transcription.si.edu/transcribe/15984/NASM-NASM.1992.0023-M0000062-00180 ANOTHER 'FIRST' FOR COL. DAVIS [[image: photo of a woman shaking the hand of a man in military uniform]] Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., first Negro to command a U.S. military base, shattered another precedent during "Air Force Day" ceremonies at Godman Field, Ky., when he pinned the Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster on white Mrs. Mattie L. Kantlehner, the wife of S. Sgt. William A Kantlehner 8th Air Force gunner, who is listed as missing in action. It marked the first time in Army history that a Negro officer has pinned a medal on a white. Mrs. Kantlehner, who resides with her baby daughter, Jane, in Louisville, witnessed a parade of Godman Field personnel following the presentation. [/newspaper clipping]]