Courtesy Photo | Alaska National Guard | 08.09.2023
Retired U.S. Navy Chief Warrant Officer 4 Solomon Atkinson quietly waits in his wheelchair wearing his SEAL insignia, an eagle perched on a horizontal three-pronged trident, clutching a pistol, with an upright anchor, on his purple beret and decade’s worth of ribbons adorning his jacket before receiving the Alaska Governor’s Veteran Advocacy Award during a ceremony in Metlakatla, Alaska,......
Courtesy Photo | Alaska National Guard | 08.09.2023
A family photo of Solomon Atkinson shows him smiling. Atkinson would go on to become one of the first U.S. Navy SEALs, complete 22 years of active Naval service and retire in 1973 as Chief Warrant Officer 4. (Photo courtesy of Maria Hayward)...
