Lucius Theus

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Lucius Theus
Born	October 11, 1922(1922-10-11) Madison County, Tennessee
Died	October 15, 2007(2007-10-15)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force
Rank	Major General
Battles/wars	World War II

Lucius Theus (October 11, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was a Major General in the United States Air Force.

Theus was born in Madison County, Tennessee. According to the Official DEOMI (Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute) website, General Theus chaired the military task force that resulted in Defense Directive 1322.11 which in 1971 established the military's Race Relations Board and resulted in the founding of the DEOMI then known as the DRRI.

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Official biography

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Units	99th Fighter Squadron 100th Fighter Squadron 301st Fighter Squadron 302nd Fighter Squadron 332nd Fighter Group 477th Fighter Group

Air fields	Chanute Field Moton Army Air Field Tuskegee Army Air Field

Pilots	Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (C/O) Lee Archer Henry Cabot Lodge Bohler Edgar Bolden George L. Brown Roscoe C. Brown Eugene Calvin Cheatham, Jr. Clarence Dart Alfonza W. Davis Gene Derricotte Charles Dryden Julius Freeman Oliver Goodall Raymond V. Haysbert Percy L. Heath, Jr. Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. Alexander Jefferson Herman A. Johnson Charles William Ledbetter Charles McGee John W. Mosley Wendell O. Pruitt Lawrence E. Roberts Isaiah Edward Robinson, Jr. Robert Searcy Wilmeth Sidat-Singh Vernon Sport Charles Sumner "Chuck" Stone, Jr. Percy Sutton Roger Terry Spann Watson Malvin "Mal" Greston Whitfield Henry A. Wise Jr. Coleman Young

Incidents	Freeman Field Mutiny

Aircraft	Bell P-39 Airacobra Curtiss P-40 Warhawk North American P-51 Mustang Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Films	Black Eagle (Wild Card character) Flight of the Red Tail Hart's War Henry Browne, Farmer Red Tail Reborn Red Tails Silver Wings and Civil Rights: The Fight to Fly The Tuskegee Airmen Wings for This Man

Legacy	Red Tail Project Tuskegee Airmen, Inc Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Other	Noel F. Parrish

See also	African American military history Buffalo Soldier Golden Thirteen 366th Infantry Regiment U.S. Army Black Panthers United States Colored Troops

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Name	Theus, Lucius
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Date of birth	October 11, 1922
Place of birth	Madison County, Tennessee
Date of death	October 15, 2007
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