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August 8, 1953
GEN. VINCENT KEITH BROOKS
The first African-American Cadet First Captain was Vincent Brooks, West Point Class of 1980. Vincent Brooks is now a four-star General and the current Commander of U.S. Forces Korea, United Nations Command, and Republic of Korea – U.S. Combined Forces Command.
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August 8, 1953
GEN. LLOYD JAMES AUSTIN, III
The first African-American to command an entire theater of war was General Lloyd Austin, Class of 1975, who commanded the Iraq War and who coincidentally, like Henry O. Flipper, hails from Thomasville, Georgia. General Austin was the Commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and his area of responsibility includes many of the hot spots of the world: Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Pakistan and Iran to name a few.
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December 18, 1912
GEN. BENJAMIN OLIVER DAVIS, JR.
The founder and first commander of the legendary World War II Tuskegee Airmen, the first black fighter pilots, was Benjamin O. Davis, Jr who graduated West Point in 1936. At the time of his graduation, the only other African-American officer in the US Army was his father, Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (who would retire as Brigadier General).
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