In this picture above are the first black US Navy officers. "The Golden Thirteen" were their name and they're looking sharp. This picture was taken in March 1944.
Prior, In January 1944, The navy started a 2 month training course for 16 African Americans with only 12 passing the course.
Names: John Walter Reagan, Jesse Walter Arbor, Dalton Louis Baugh, Frank Ellis Sublett, Graham Edward Martin, Phillip George Barnes, Reginald E. Goodwin, James Edward Hair, Samuel Edward Barnes, George Clinton Cooper,William Sylvester White, and Dennis Denmark Nelson, & Charles Byrd Lear
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