Petty Officer Charles J. French was celebrated as the "Hero of the Solomons" in popular culture for saving his White shipmates. But 1940s segregation stopped the Navy from recognizing his
Petty Officer Charles J. French was celebrated as the "Hero of the Solomons" in popular culture for saving his White shipmates. But 1940s segregation stopped the Navy from recognizing his
President Joe Biden signed a bill to rename the Benson post office after an Omaha sailor who saved more than a dozen shipmates while serving in World War II.