The Golden Thirteen: Recollections of the First Black Naval Officers

Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press, 1993. First ed., first printing (stated). xxviii, 304 pages: illustrations; 24 cm. Fine in fine jacket in archival mylar. As new. Hardcover. ISBN: 1557507791; 9781557507792

Contents: The importance of inspiration / Graham E. Martin -- Training the Golden Thirteen / Paul D. Richmond -- Living a respectable life / Samuel E. Barnes -- Producing something the world wants to buy / George C. Cooper -- The Golden Thirteen plus one / John F. Dille, Jr. -- A naval officer instead of a flier / John W. Reagan -- Live and let live / Frank E. Sublett, Jr. -- Run my mouth and boss like hell / Jesse W. Arbor -- James Hair and the USS Mason / Norman H. Meyer -- Son of a slave / James E. Hair -- A more democratic navy than the nation it serves / William S. White.

An oral history of the first thirteen African-American officers in the United States Navy, their training in 1944 and their lives since World War II.

Armed Forces -- Officers. Marineoffizier Erlebnisbericht Blacks -- History, Naval. Geschichte (1944) Named Corp: United States. Navy -- African Americans. United States. Navy -- Officers. États-Unis. Navy -- Noirs américains. United States. Navy. Geographic: USA. Schwarze. Identifier: United States / Navy; African Americans; United States / Navy; Officers