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Negro General Improves Philippine American Ties
Lt. Gen. Benjamin C. Davis Jr. led efforts to ease tensions between U.S. Air Force personnel and Filipinos in the Philippines. He addressed pay disparities, harassment at bases, and squatter encroachment while fostering cooperation with Philippine leaders and labor groups. Davis later prepared to transfer to MacDill AFB as deputy commander of U.S. STRIKE.
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Clark Air Force Base
Philippines
UPI
Benjamin C. Davis Jr
13Th
U.S. Air Force
Angeles City
Manila
Air Force
Davis
Mactan Air Field
U.S
Gen. Davis
West Point
Philippine Air Force
U.S. ‘Air Force
MacDill Air Force Base
Florida
U.S. Strike Command
Korea
United Nations Command
Phillip C. Rawlins
Oklahoma
Clark Field