The ACES Veterans Museum celebrated with several extraordinary WWII veterans on January 28, 2023, at the ACES Veterans Museum at 5801 Germantown Avenue. This wonderful celebration will coincide with a soft re-opening of the ACES Veterans Museum’s Parker Hall, the former USO for Black troops during WWII, which has been shuttered for 10-years.
During the celebration, The ACES recognized the Native Kings, a name that was given to Black Veterans from WWII and beyond, including LTG Arthur J. Gregg, USA, who is 95 yrs old; MAJ Anthony Grant, USA, celebrating his 103rd Birthday; MAJ William Maxey, celebrating his 89th Birthday; and Corp Benjamin Berry who is 99 yrs old.
LT General Arthur J. Gregg, from Virginia, was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 for the position of Director of Logistics of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and later assumed the position of Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics for the US Army in 1979. He retired in 1981 and has served on numerous boards, including the Quartermasters Association and as a trustee at Excelsior College.
Major Anthony Grant, also from Virginia, retired in 1963 at the rank of Major. He managed several commissaries in Europe and the U.S., following retirement and later worked at Langley Air Force Base. He then retired from civil service in 1998.
Major Anthony Grant was inducted into the Quartermaster Hall of Fame at Fort Lee, Virginia in 2021.
Major Holbert William Maxey, from Pontiac, Michigan, retired from the Army. After discovering hidden portraits of Native Kings in Pontiac, Michigan, led to establishing the ACES Veterans Museum Annex, at which he is the Director.
Our very own Corporal Benjamin Berry just appeared for ESPN on their Veterans Appreciation Day in January on Monday Night Football. He also recently received a medal from the Grand Duke of Luxembourg for his service as part of the 863rd Quartermaster Fumigation and Bath Company. The 863rd was among the troops welcomed as heroes after Allied forces liberated Nazi-occupied Pilsen in what is now the Czech Republic.
For more information, contact the ACES Veterans Museum at 215-842-3742
