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The Reminiscences of Mr. Frank E. Sublett Jr., Member of the Golden Thirteen: 1920-2006

The Reminiscences of Mr. Frank E. Sublett Jr., Member of the Golden Thirteen: 1920-2006

Stillwell, Paul L.
Sublett, Frank E.

Hardcover

Military Biographies

Publisher Price: $65.00

ISBN10: 1682692469
ISBN13: 9781682692462
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Published: Apr 20 2017
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.75
Height: 0.56 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
After three years of college, Frank Sublett enlisted in the Navy in 1942. After training at Hampton, Virginia, as a machinist's mate, he was sent to Boston's section base machine shop and operated submarine-detecting sonar on board auxiliary patrol craft in the Atlantic. In early 1944 he was sent to Great Lakes for officer indoctrination, and commissioned in March. As an ensign, he went back to Hampton to be an instructor in small boat handling, and later participated in auxiliary ship yard patrol and served as executive officer of a yard oiler at San Francisco. In mid-1945 he was sent to Eniwetok as executive officer of a stevedore battalion. Though he relished his time in the Navy, he felt the service was making up work for this first group of black officers, rather than utilizing their true potential. In civilian life he enjoyed a career in the automotive industry, and since 1980 has worked as a professional model.

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