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Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr. :
Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., (born 1912) took a sledgehammer to the walls of
segregation in the military. In 1954, he became the first black general in Air
Force history, but perhaps his greatest achievement was organizing and
commanding the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American military flying
unit. The Tuskegee Airmen fought heroically in Europe during World War II,
flying thousands of missions, destroying 261 enemy aircraft, and winning 850
medals. After World War II ended, Davis helped plan the desegregation of the
Air Force.
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