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Pioneering Black Army general who lived in El Paso dies at 100
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Edward Greer, who broke racial barriers during his long Army career, died at age 100 at his El Paso ...
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Edward Greer, one of Army’s first Black generals, dies at 100
Retired Army Maj. Gen. Edward Greer, one of the first Black general officers in the Army, died at the age of 100 in his El Paso home Wednesday, his family ...
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Pioneering Black Army general who lived in El Paso dies at 100
Edward Greer about a month before his 100th birthday Greer started out in the Army in 1943 when it was still segregated and rose up through the ranks. In 1972, he was became one of the first Black ...
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Pioneering Black Army general who lived in El Paso dies at 100
Greer was one of five Black officers promoted to that rank in 1972, his family said. At the time, only four Blacks had previously ever reached the Army’s general officer ranks, his family said.