Keywords: Letter from Mrs. Tinsa L. Smith of San Diego, California, Branch Manager of Powell Real Estate Company of San Diego... - NARA - 299758.jpg Scope and content Letter from Mrs Tinsa L Smith of San Diego California Branch Manager of Powell Real Estate Company of San Diego to President Roosevelt commending him on his appointment of Davis to the rank of brigadier general citing it as typical of the Roosevelt idea of giving credit where credit is due Mrs Smith identifies herself as the only Negro branch manager in a company of Caucasian real estate brokers and as such able to recognize that courage motivated by fair play is the highest concept of Americanism General notes 299758 Local identifier Department of Defense Department of the Army U S Total Army Personnel Command 12/08/1988 - 10/01/2003 NARA's National Personnel Records Center Military Personnel Records NRPM 9700 Page Avenue St Louis MO 63132-5100 1940-11-06 Record group Record Group 319 Records of the Army Staff 1903 - 2009 Record group ARC 633 Official Military Personnel Files compiled 1912 - 1998 Series ARC 299741 File unit Official Military Personnel File of Benjamin O Davis ca 1898 - ca 1948 File unit ARC 299742 Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRPM-319-OMPF-DAVISBENJ-SMITH Other versions <gallery> File Letter_from_Mrs _Tinsa_L _Smith_of_San_Diego _California _Branch_Manager_of_Powell_Real_Estate_Company_of_San_Diego _-_NARA_-_299758 tif tif File Letter_from_Mrs _Tinsa_L _Smith_of_San_Diego _California _Branch_Manager_of_Powell_Real_Estate_Company_of_San_Diego _-_NARA_-_299758 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov Brigadier generals |