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March 2nd in African American History – Frank E. Petersen, Jr.

By on March 2, 2012 in African American History, March, Military

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March 2, 1932 Frank E. Petersen, Jr., the first African American Marine Corps aviator and the first African American Marine Corps general, was born in Topeka, Kansas. Petersen enlisted in the United States Navy in 1950 as a seaman apprentice.

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