Frank e petersen biography

          Frank Emmanuel Petersen Jr. (March 2, – August 25, ) was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.

        1. In , Petersen took command of Marine Air Corps 32 at Cherry Point, North Carolina and in became the first African American General in USMC history.
        2. Was born 2 March , in Topeka, Kansas.
        3. Frank E. Petersen, Jr. was born 2 March , in Topeka, Kansas.
        4. Frank Emmanuel Petersen Jr. was a United States Marine Corps lieutenant general.

          5. Was born 2 March , in Topeka, Kansas.!

          Petersen, Frank E. 1932–

          Marine officer

          First African-American Marine Aviator

          The End of a Brilliant Career

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          Despite enduring racism in the Marines, Frank E.

          Petersen, Jr. became the first black aviator in the United States Marine Corps, and the first African American to reach the level of general in the Marines. He rose through the ranks, finally becoming a lieutenant general, the first African American Marine to become a three-star ranked general.

          He proved that one man could make a difference.

          Frank E. Petersen, Jr., was born in Topeka, Kansas on March 2, 1932.

          An autobiography by a military leader who retired as the only African-American three-star general in the history of the United States Marines.

          He was born to Edythe Southard and Frank Petersen, Sr., and was the second of four children. He was an active, intelligent child who played football in middle school and graduated from Topeka High School in 1949. When he went to sign up for the Navy—something he was very excited to do—he did so well on the exam, according to Into the Tiger’s Jaw: America’s First Black Marine Avi