Benjamin O. Davis Senior’s career started during a time when society and, more so the military, did not think highly of African American soldiers. Becoming an officer would have been nearly ...

Morocco, May 12, 1943. Pictured are, from left, Commanding Officer Lt Col Benjamin O Davis Jr (1912 - 2002), Capt Hayden Johnson (Adjutant), Capt Elmer Jones (1918 - 2013) (Service Detachment), Lt ...