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- NAME: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.
- OCCUPATION: General, Pilot
- BIRTH DATE: December 18, 1912
- DEATH DATE: July 04, 2002
- EDUCATION: University of Chicago, United States Military Academy
- PLACE OF BIRTH: D.C.
- PLACE OF DEATH: D.C.
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Pilot and officer Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. was the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force.
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As the first African American general in the U.S. Air Force, pilot and officer Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. received many military honors. He later worked for the U.S. Department of Transportation and devised measures that ended a wave of aircraft hijackings.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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