Brown Father’s Day Legacy

My grandfather , Dehaven Hinkson , md , Major , commanded the hospital in Tuskegee in WWII, was a doctor , Captain, in France in WWI; may have been only Black officer in WWI and WWII Retired Lt . Colonel I’m Charles Dehaven https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2609205/ http://dla.library.upenn.edu/dla/pacscl/ead.html?fq=repository_facet%3A%22African%20American%20Museum%20in%20Philadelphia%22&id=PACSCL_SMREP_AAMPG83003 . African American Museum in Philadelphia Creator: Hinkson, DeHaven, 1891-1975 Title: Dr. DeHaven Hinkson papers Date [bulk]: 1910-1970 Date [inclusive]: 1898-1982 Call Number: G83.003 Extent: 4 Linear feet Language: English Abstract: Dr. DeHaven Hinkson (1891-1975) was a prominent African American physician in Philadelphia who served in both World War I and World War II. He was the one of the first African American doctors put on staff at Philadelphia General Hospital, and the first African American to be head of an army hospital ( Tuskegee ) . The Dr. DeHaven Hinkson papers, 1898-1982 (bulk 1910-1970), contain correspondence, news clippings, photographs, notebooks, pamphlets, military and medical artifacts, and numerous other materials documenting his medical training and career, military service, veteran's rights involvement, and membership in fraternal organizations. Finding Aid's Permanent URL: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/pacscl/SMREP_AAMPG83003 My father Charles S. Brown US Army anti-fascist infantry combat sgt in Italy -World War II In Genoa