Draft:Howard Donovan Queen
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Howard Donovan Queen was a commanding officer in the U.S. military.[1] He served during World War I and World War II.[2] He became a colonel.[3] He was one of four black colonels in World War II.
He was born in Tee Bee, Maryland. His father fought in the "Indian campaigns".[4]
He was part of Troop K.
He was a Howard University alumnus[5] and a member of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[6]
369th Infantry Regiment (United States) "Harlem Hellfighters" 366th Infantry Regiment (United States)
He criticized Major General Edward Mallory Almond.[7]
He wrote the foreword to the book The Invisible Soldier.[8]
Copyright?[9]
" Queen , Howard Donavan , Sr. Born : 18 November 1894 Place of birth : Tee Bee , MD Occupation : Military person , Scientist , Government worker Religion : African Methodist Episcopal Biography "[10]
First wife Clara S. Queen died 1952?
He chaired the mathematics department at Downington Industrial School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. He lived on Limestone Road in Parkersburg with his wife Helen Hall Queen. He had four grandchildren. He served on the Parkersburg Planning Commission and its centennial committee.
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- ^ "The Crisis". March 1943.
- ^ Stone, Tanya Lee (22 January 2013). Courage Has No Color: The True Story of the Triple Nickles : America's First Black Paratroopers. Candlewick Press. ISBN 9780763651176.
- ^ Watson, Harry L.; Dailey, Jane (18 January 2018). Building the American Republic, Volume 2: A Narrative History from 1877. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226300825.
- ^ "Huachuca Illustrated, vol 1, 1993: The Battle of Carrizal". net.lib.byu.edu.
- ^ University, Howard (December 16, 1919). "Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Howard University, District of Columbia". Judd & Detweiler – via Google Books.
- ^ King, Keith. "Fort Des Moines exhibit honors African-American men who served in WWI". The Des Moines Register.
- ^ Mosley, Troy (October 4, 2021). The Armed Forces and American Social Change: An Unwritten Truce. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780761872528 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The Invisible Soldier | Wayne State University Press". www.wsupress.wayne.edu.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (December 16, 1977). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1976: January-June: Index". Copyright Office, Library of Congress – via Google Books.
- ^ Burkett, Randall K.; Burkett, Nancy Hall; Gates (Jr.), Henry Louis (December 16, 1991). Black Biography, 1790-1950: K-Z. Chadwyck-Healey. ISBN 9780898870855 – via Google Books.