L to R: William R. Thompson, Nelson Brooks, Elmer D. Jones, James L. Johnson, G. L. Washington, Dudley W. Stevenson, Fred L. Patterson, and Williams Towns at Chanute Field. Note: G. L. Washington and Fred Patterson are visiting Tuskegee Institute officials. Thompson, Brooks, Jones, Johnson, Stevenson and Towns were the first six negro commissioned officers in the USAAC.