Military – JackHadleyBlackHistoryMuseum

Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper West Point cadet potrait

Captain Henry Buford Perry is a Thomasville Native, and one of the Famous Tuskegee Airman from World War II. The Tuskegee Airmen was a group of 450 African Americans who were trained as pilots at the Tuskegee Institute.

Last living Buffalo Soldier, Jones Morgan.

Lt. Col. Nathan Thomas pictured with one of the many donations to the JHBHM. The bronze statue is number 23 of 100 completed by African American sculptor Eddie Dixon.

25th Infantry Buffalo Soldiers at Fr. Randall, Dakota Territory. Standing in front on building, 1882.

2nd Lt. Henry Ossain Flipper Honorable Discharge certificate from the Armed Forces of the United States. June 20, 1882.

Lt. Henry O. Flipper in dress uniform

Thomasville native, Lloyd Hadley was a WWI veteran. Mr. Hadley was born near Pebble Hill plantation-one of sixteen children.

WWI unknown African American soldier from Thomas County.

Henry Cobbs-WWII soldier from Thomasville

Lt. Hall was a WWII Army Officer. Mr. Hall is a Thomasville native and prior to joining the military Mr. Hall attended DHS. A member of the class of 1937.

Thomasville's Black American Legion Post 519 was named in honor of Hicks. Hicks was one of the first blacks to die in combat in 1941 in Europe.

Eugene Collins was a Vietnam Veteran with over 20 years of service in the Army. He is listed as Master Paratrooper, and a Purple Heart recipient.

Reverend Virgul of Thomasville, Georgia is shown in the picture as a US Army Sergeant during WWII. On the back of the picture he wrote a note: "Shown on this picture with me is a portion of our Company Area, looking diagonally across. In the foreground are symbols, made from stones of various colors. The men in the back of the symbols are German prisoners. The cameraman missed the guard, but he was not far away. The object extending from behind me at the right are prisoner's clothing, hanging from a post in back of me."