Honoring a World War I Veteran

By MELANIE STETSON FREEMAN -STAFF June 30, 1999

Thomas Davis received the Cross of Knight in the Order of the French Legion of Honor June 28 during a ceremony in Boston. Mr. Davis served in France under General Pershing (portrait) as part of the US Army's 809th Black Infantry.

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