Official Military Personnel File for Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

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Official Military Personnel File for Benjamin O. Davis Jr.

1930-2003

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/74866761

This Official Military Personnel File includes records from the following folders: Service Documents (June 14, 1930-January 31, 1970); Post-Service Documents (January 6, 1971-December 27, 2003); Awards, Decorations, & Commendations (August 20, 1943-January 22, 1970); Efficiency/Fitness Reports (June 30, 1937-October 31, 1962); Medical Records (March 6, 1931-July 2, 1992); Photographs & Negatives (n.d.); Original Containers (n.d.).

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National Archives at St. Louis

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SNAC Resource ID: 11615218

National Archives at St. Louis

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Davis, Benjamin Oliver, Jr., 1912-2002

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Benjamin Oliver Davis (1912-2002) was born in Washington, DC, the son of Sadie (Overton) and Benjamin Oliver Davis. Upon his graduation from West Point in 1936, he requested an assignment in the Air Corps, which did not accept African Americans at the time. Instead he commissioned with the 24th Infantry in Georgia. In 1938 he taught at Tuskegee as professor of military science and tactics. The Army promoted him to the rank of captain in 1940 and a year later assigned him as an aide to...