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PHOTOCOPIED October 2, 2002; NASM PRESERVATION COPY

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Following in Dad's Footsteps

[[image - black & white photograph of Gen. Davis, Jr. and Gen. Partridge]

[[caption]] Gen Earle E. Partridge (right), Far East Air Force commander, pins stars on Brig Gen Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., first Negro officer to reach general rank in the Air Force. The ceremony took place in Tokyo. Davis' father is a retired Army general. —AP Photo[[/caption]]
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^[[STARS AND STRIPES, Wiesbaden, Germany
3 November 1954]]