Jones (Alpha 1915) was drafted into the Army in 1917 and served in World Wars I and II. He retired as a brigadier general of the Illinois National Guard in 1934, the first black Texan to attain this rank.
His unit was garrisoned to France and upon his return in 1919, he was elevated to the ranks of major in 1926, colonel and commanding officer in the 8 th Illinois Infantry in 1929. He achieved the rank of first lieutenant and during WWI, he was assigned to serve with the 370 th Infantry and promoted to the rank of captain in the medical corps. Dickerson (Chicago (IL) Alumni 1920) enlisted in the 8 th Illinois Infantry National Guard in 1914. He was awarded the Legion of Merit in 1945. He earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and retired in 1945 as the Medical Corps first black colonel. Army’s Station Hospital, in Fort Huachuca, Arizona, which served 14,000 black soldiers training for combat in WWII. In 1942, Bousfield was selected to command the U.S. 1920) was the first black promoted to the rank of colonel in the Army Medical Corps, while commanding the Army’s all-black hospital. This distinction made Davison the third African American to become a general in the Armed Forces. He was the United States Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.įrederic Ellis Davison Frederic Ellis Davison became Brigadier General in 1968, and Major General three years later. Clifford Stanley Clifford Stanley is an initiate of the Alpha Lambda chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi.
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