Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation, 1917-1966. Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 9/1942-12/1945. Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

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Records of the Office of the Chief of Transportation, 1917-1966. Photographic Albums of Prints of Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 9/1942-12/1945. Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.

1/3/1944

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Original caption: "Lt. Col. Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., 0-20146, Washington, D.C., commanding officer of fighter pilots and Air Corps mechanics aboard the SS Mohawk at Pier 5. A graduate of West Point 1916, he has had 7 years Army experience and took advanced aviation training at Tuskegee, Ala. Col. Davis sailed from NYPE in April 1943 and saw service in Africa and Sicily as leader of the 99th Squadron. Official Photograph U.S. Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, Newport News Virginia."

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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...