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Posted on Oct 25, 2023
TDIH: Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
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On this day in 1940, Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. becomes the first black man to attain the rank of general in the United States Army.
TDIH: Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
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Yes, indeed. And how lucky America is that such men have existed—and we get to call them our own
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