Military Flashcards
Who were the first all black unit in the regular US army
Buffalo Soldiers
Who was the first black American to hold the rank of lieutenant colonel
Allan Allensworth
Who were the first black American aviation group
Tuskegee airmen
Who was the first black American general in the US army
Benjamin Davis, senior
Who was the first black American general in the US Air Force?
Benjamin Davis Jr
Who were the first all black US combat unit shipped overseas during world war I
The Harlem hellfighters
Who were the 12 black ensigns and one warrant officer that were the first blacks commission in the US Navy?
The golden 13
Who were the world’s first black paratroopers?
Triple nickels
Who is the first black four-star general in the US Air Force?
Daniel James Jr
Who was the first black woman brigadier general in the US Air Force?
Marcelite harris
Who was the first black woman general in the US army?
Hazel Johnson
Who is the first black woman brigaider general in the US army?
Sherian cadoria
Who is the first black woman Middle School officer in the US army?
Clotilde bowen
Who is the first black woman major in the woman’s army auxiliary corps?
Harriet waddy West
Who was the first black member of the regular army nurse corps?
Nancy leftannant-colon
Who was the first black woman in the Coast guard women’s reserve?
Olivia Hooker
Who was the first black admiral in the US Navy?
Samuel gravely
Who was the first black to graduate from the US naval academy?
Wesley Brown
Who was the first black to graduate from West point?
Henry flipper
Who was the first black admitted to West point?
James Smith
Who was the first black fighter pilot
Eugene Ballard
Who was the first black general in the US Marines?
Frank Petersen
Who was the first black naval aviator?
Jesse Brown
What was the name of the first US military ship to be commanded by a black man?
The USS falgout
Who was the first black female Air Force pilot?
Marcella Hayes
Who was the first black female US army nurse?
Susie King Taylor
What was the first black flying squadron?
The 99th pursuit squadron
Who is the first African American woman to captain the US naval ship?
Michelee Howard
