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African American Transportation History: Bobby Charles Wilks, U.S. Coast Guard

February 3, 2022flynthings

Bobby Charles Wilks, who was born in St. Louis in 1931, achieved several key “firsts” as an African American aviator. In 1956, he graduated with a …

African American Transportation History: Bobby Charles Wilks, U.S. Coast Guard

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