On This Day In Black History Oct 25 - General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.

Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. became the first African American General in the United States Army on October 25, 1940.

General Davis was born in Washington, DC on July 1, 1877. Davis attended Howard University and later after the beginning of the Spanish-American War joined the military on July 13, 1898 and became a temporary first lieutenant in the all African American 8th United States Volunteer Infantry Unit. In March of 1899 Davis was mustered out of the volunteer service and he later re-enlisted in the regular army as a private in the Buffalo Soldiers 9th Calvary Regiment in June of 1899. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on February 2, 1901.

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