December 18, 1912 Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr., commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airman, was born in Washington, D.C. After attending the University of Chicago, Davis entered the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1932. Despite shunning by his classmates, never having a roommate, and being forced to eat alone, he earned […]
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December 18th in African American History – Benjamin Oliver Davis, Jr.
Tags: Air Force, pilot, United States Military Academy, University of Chicago, West Point, World War II
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October 12th in African American History – Eugene Jacques Bullard
Tags: Air Force, Army, pilot, World War I, World War II
October 12, 1961 Eugene Jacques Bullard, the only Black pilot in World War I, died. Bullard was born October 9, 1894 in Columbus, Georgia. While on a trip to Paris in 1914, World War I started and Bullard decided to join the French Foreign Legion. In 1916 he was wounded and awarded the Croix de […]
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October 9th in African American History – Eugene Jacques Bullard
Tags: Air Force, Army, pilot, World War I, World War II
October 9, 1894 Eugene Jacques Bullard, the only Black pilot in World War I, was born in Columbus, Georgia. While on a trip to Paris in 1914, World War I started and Bullard decided to join the French Foreign Legion. In 1916 he was wounded and awarded the Croix de Guerre. In 1917 he joined […]
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