Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. was the Army’s first African-American general officer. He served in the Philippine-American War and World War 1 and was one of only a handful of Black officers during his career. He retired in 1948 after serving for 50 years. His son, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was the first African-American brigadier general of the U.S. Air Force. | IHG Army Hotels | Facebook