Tuskegee Airman Col. Benjamin O. Davis Jr., left, receives the Distinguished Flying Cross from his father, Brig. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. at Ramitelli Airfield in Italy in September 1944. Benjamin Davis Sr. was the first black General in the U.S. Army and his son became the first black General in the U.S. Air Force. (Courtesy of the Air Force Historical Research Agency)