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José Epita Mbomo, the Spanish electrician who sabotaged the Nazis Tereixa Constenla © Archivo familiar (EL PAÍS) José Epita Mbomo’s card as a deported member of the French Resistance, issued by France in 1954. FAMILY ARCHIVE Guinean, Spanish and French, José Epita Mbomo was an airplane mechanic and the first Black man to marry a white woman in Cartagena, if not the whole of Spain. He went into exile in France after the Spanish Civil War and used his skills as an electrician to sabotage Wehrmacht networks and facilities. He was later deported to the Neuengamme concentr...

John Currier. Each were the recipients of the Harmon Trophy, a set of international awards to recognize the world's most outstanding aviators. Currier, the 28th Vice Commandant of the  U.S. Coast Guard, was awarded the trophy in 1988 for piloting a hazardous rescue operation to save 10 people off the coast of  Cape Cod. Traverse City and died last March. Northwestern Michigan Colleges' International Affairs Forum will honor Currier's life in a virtual presentation Monday. The presentation features remarks from  USCG Air Station Traverse City Commander Charles "Chuck" Webb and is also...