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PHOTOCOPIED October 2, 2002; NASM PRESERVATION COPY

STAR FOR NEW GENERAL
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--Associated Press Radiophoto.
GEN. EARLE E. PARTRIDGE, commander of the Far East Air Force, pinning star of brigadier general on BENJAMIN O. DAVIS JR. in ceremony at Tokyo. Davis is the first Negro to reach the rank of general in the Air Force. Director of training and operations at Far East headquarters, he is the son of the first Negro to reach the rank of general in the Army.