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PHOTOCOPHIED October 2, 2002; NASM PRESERVATION COPY

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U.S. Gets Its Second Negro General

[[image: black and white photograph of Col Davis Jr in flying gear in a cockpit smiling at the camera]]
[[caption]]Col Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., is the second Negro general in U.S. history His dad, now retired, achieved general's rank Oct. 16, 1940, and President Eisenhower recently gave young Davis a recess appointment as brigadier general in the Air Force. -United Press Photo [[/caption]]
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THE STARS AND STRIPES
Sunday, October 31, 1954