Retired Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, who made history twice as the
first African-American aviator in the Marine Corps and then as the
Corps' first African-American general, has died at 83, the Marines'
announced.
Petersen, who flew more than 350 combat missions
in Korea and Vietnam, died Tuesday at his home in Stevensville,
Maryland, of complications from lung cancer.
When he retired as a lieutenant general in 1988,
Petersen was the senior ranking aviator in both the Marines and the
Navy — with which he served before joining the Marine Corps — and
simultaneously held the honorary titles of Silver Hawk and Grey Eagle.
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