USS Frank E. Peterson Jr. Homecoming [Image 11 of 14]

HI, UNITED STATES

06.13.2022

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sasha Pierre-Louis 

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific

From left to right: Mr. Frank Petersen III; Mrs. Petersen; U.S. Navy Capt. Don Rauch, commodore, Destroyer Squadron 31; U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Mark Hashimoto, executive director, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific; Cmdr. Daniel Hancock, commanding officer, USS Frank E. Petersen Jr.; and Capt. Claudine Cluori, deputy commander, Destroyer Squadron 31, pose for a group photo during a homecoming ceremony for the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 13, 2022. The USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. is named after retired U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr. who was the first Black U.S. Marine Corps aviator and the first Black Marine to become a three-star general. Petersen served two combat tours, in Korea in 1953 and in Vietnam in 1968. He flew more than 350 combat missions and had more than 4,000 hours in various fighter and attack aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sasha Pierre-Louis)

• Date Taken: 06.13.2022
• Date Posted: 06.14.2022 20:28
• Photo ID: 7269847
• VIRIN: 220613-M-BJ564-488
• Resolution: 4074x2716
• Size: 1.59 MB
• Location: HI, US