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Page 2 • THE CINCINNATI HERALD - Saturday, October 24,1992Retired Air Force General Benjamin O. Davis presented Congressional BlackCaucus Lifetime Achievement Award/1Washington, D C. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Benjamin 0. Davis, Jr., comWiander of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, was honored recently w*ith the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's (CBGF) Lifetime Achievement Award.MiHe was one of six Americans to receive the CBCF s highest honors during the Foundation s 22nd Annual Legislative Weekend Awards Dinner at the Washington, D.D., Convention Center.General Benjamin O. DavisGeorge L. Knox IIJ, Vice President, Public Affairs, Philip ii'Morris Companies Inc. whose fdther serVed under General; Davis, accepted the award for the retired general, who was illGeneral Davis is an extraordinary man, Knox told the dinner guests. His mission was to fight fascism abroad and racial'Ofririntolerance back home. He has honored me greatly in asking that ! accept the award for him.An infantry officer following his graduation from West Point in 1336, davis became the first Tuskegbe Arrian to earn wings at Tuskegee ARmy Air Field in194 He subsequentlycpmmanued black fighter and bomber unites that distinguished themselves in battles against German forces in North Africa and in Europe. -vGeneral Davis became the first African American Air Force General and was commander of the 13th Ar Force, headquarteredat Clark Field in the Philippines,) before he retired in 1970. \\,j The award to General Davis i was a pat of the Foundation s commemoration, sponsored by Philip Morris Companies, Inc, honoring nil living Tuskegee Armen. ■ • J , i,'
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