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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 ...
KXAN5 天
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.
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BLACK AMERICANS IN THE U.S. ARMY
In 1940, Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. became the first Black American general officer in the U.S. Army. Davis entered military service in 1898 as a temporary 1st lieutenant in the 8th United States ...
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El Paso Inc3 天
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 ...