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Hi , I'm fire patrolman , second class

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mcelroy . Welcome to the US S Frankie

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Peterson Junior D D G 1 21 . So this

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ship was named after the first African

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American Marine Corps General . Uh ,

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that would be Frankie Peterson Junior .

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Some of the significance he was an

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aviator . He was the very first marine

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aviator that was African American

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descent . He also retired as the most

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senior aviator in the entire Navy and

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Marine Corps .