| LC control no. | n 98046495 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Petersen, Frank E. |
| Birth date | 1932-03-02 |
| Death date | 2015-08-25 |
| Place of birth | Topeka (Kan.) |
| Place of death | Stevensville (Md.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Marine Corps United States. Navy |
| Profession or occupation | Generals Fighter pilots |
| Found in | Into the tiger's jaw, 1998: CIP t.p. (Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen; 1st Black marine aviator) galley (lives nr. Washington, D.C.; retired from the Navy after almost forty years; 1st African-American flag officer and to date only three-star general in the history of the U.S. Marines) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 27, 2015 (in obituary published Aug. 26: Frank E. Petersen; Frank E. Petersen Jr.; b. Frank Emmanuel Petersen Jr., Mar. 2, 1932, Topeka, Kan.; d. Tuesday [Aug. 25, 2015], Stevensville, Md., aged 83; suffered bruising racial indignities as a military enlistee in the 1950s and was even arrested at an officers' club on suspicion of impersonating a lieutenant, but who endured to become the first black aviator and the first black general in the Marine Corps) |
| Associated language | eng |
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