FL S1904

Florida Senate resolution honoring General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. on the 100th anniversary of his birth (February 11, 1920)

James was born in Pensacola, Florida, and became one of the first African-American pilots in the United States Army Air Corps after training with the Tuskegee Airmen at Tuskegee Institute

Flew 101 combat missions over Korea and 78 combat missions into North Vietnam, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross for valor in 1949

Became the first African American to achieve the rank of four-star general, nominated for brigadier general in 1970 by President Richard Nixon

Resolution commemorates his distinguished military career and his efforts to preserve the legacy of the Tuskegee Airmen until his death on February 25, 1978