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unusual facts about Benjamin O. Davis Jr.



99th Flying Training Squadron

Colonel Benjamin Davis forcefully denied the claims by committee members, but only the intervention of Colonel Emmett "Rosie" O'Donnell prevented a recommendation for disbandment of the squadron from being sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Annette P. Jimerson

Jimerson is also the mother of three daughters eldest being Jessica M. Jimerson, Tiffany Jimerson, and her youngest Angela Jimerson, other noted family includes brother Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips.

Benjamin Davis, Jr.

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (1912–2002), American general, commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

His father, a messenger for the Interior Department, and his mother, a nurse, urged him to enroll in college after high school.

At his post in Fort Duchesne, Utah, he served first as the troop's clerk and later as squadron sergeant major through 1900.

Benjamin O. Jimerson-Phillips

Benjamin O. Jimerson-Philips, received multiple Gold & Platinum Record Awards, over the years including Brandy, Ginuwine, Paula Abdul, Expose', Vanessa Williams and R. Kelly.

Dan Druen

classes of Washington D.C. During his tenure, Druen participated in the funeral services of Justice Harry Blackmun, Washington Post editor Katharine Graham, General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. and many others.

Freeman Field Mutiny

Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was appointed as commanding officer of the group on June 21, 1945, and took command on July 1.


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