Who am I? I was a General, graduated from West Point, flew bombing missions over Europe, awarded the Silver Star, commanded the Air Force in the Pacific and my father was a General.

Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. was a Black US Air Force general and commander of the WW II Tuskegee Airmen. He graduated from West Point, in 1936 with a commission as a 2ndLt. Davis followed his father Benjamin O. Davis Sr. who was the first Black general in the US Army.

During WW II, Davis was commander of the 99th Fighters and the 332nd Fighters, which escorted bombers on missions over Europe. Davis himself flew sixty combat missions. Near the end of his career, General Davis was Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Strike Command, with additional Duty as Commander in Chief, Middle-East, Asia and Africa. He was the first Black general officer in the US Air Force. On Dec 9, 1998, he was promoted to four-star general by President Clinton.

His military decorations are the Distinguished Service Medals, Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medals, Air Force Commendation Medals. He was a "Command Pilot". General Davis died July 4, 2002.