Military Series – Lt. Col. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell
Several years ago, retired Lt. Col. Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell made headlines when she made her childhood dream a reality and became the first-ever Black female fighter pilot of the U.S. Air Force.
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Military Series – Benjamin O. Davis Sr.
Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. was a career officer in the United States Army. One of the few black officers in an era when American society was largely segregated, in 1940 he was promoted to brigadier general, the army’s first African American general officer.
Military Series – Henry Johnson and the Harlem Hellfighters
Henry Johnson, a private in the 369th Infantry Regiment (also known as the Harlem Hellfighters), was a highly decorated WWI hero. He earned the French Croix de Guerre for his bravery on May 15, 1918, while defending himself and a wounded comrade during a German attack.
Military Series – Celebrating Hazel Johnson-Brown
Hazel Winifred Johnson-Brown was a nurse and educator who served with the U.S. Army from 1955-1983. In 1979, she became the first Black female general in the U.S. Army and the first black chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She was also the director of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Nursing.
