Family in History

With this being Black History month I thought I would put up family who were a part of history.

My great uncle Charles Lear was a part of the golden thirteen. This was the first group of African-American U.S. Navy Officers. This is my maternal grandpa's older brother. Unfortunately I did not ever get to meet him, because he died tragically (sp? does not look right) before I was born. My mom didn't even get to meet him. In the picture below, he is standing farthest right.

Below he is with some of his fellow navy friends - he is again on the right