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General Benjamin O. Davis was the first four-star general in the US ___ _____ and earned fame as the leader of the Tuskegee Airman during World War II.
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Davis' father became the U.S. Army's first African-American _______ in 1941.
3.
Davis watched as his father's career was hampered by the US Army's __________ policies.
4.
Only this academy's fourth African-American graduate, he ranked 35th in a class of 278.
5.
Davis was sent to the ______ Institute to be a Reserve Officers Training Corps instructor.
6.
President Franklin Roosevelt directed the War Department to form an all-Black ______ unit within the Army Air Corps.
7.
Davis became the _____ African-American pilot to solo in an Army Air Corps aircraft.
8.
Davis led his squadron on its first _______ mission on June 2, 1943.
9.
Davis' men _________ well, though Col. Momyer reported otherwise to the War Department and stated that African-American pilots were inferior.
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Davis was promoted to _______ on May 29, 1944.
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Commanding from the front, Davis __________ led the 332nd on several occasions including an escort mission which saw Consolidated B-24 Liberators strike Munich.
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Known as the ___ _____ due to the distinctive markings on their aircraft, Davis' men compiled an impressive record through the end of the war in Europe and excelled as ______ _______.
14.
Following President Harry S. Truman's executive order, which _________ the US military in 1948, Davis aided in integrating the US Air Force.
15.
Davis was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in 2002 as a red-tailed P-51 Mustang flew overhead.
