Joseph Jenkins and Clarence Samuels

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Joseph Jenkins and Clarence Samuels

Pioneer African American officers Joseph Jenkins and Clarence Samuels during a snowstorm on the deck of USS Sea Cloud, a Coast Guard-manned vessel and the nation’s first integrated U.S. sea service ship. Coast Guard Archives

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Tags: personnel, Clarence Samuel, Joseph Jenkins, USCGC Sea Cloud, Cutters

Photo by: na | VIRIN: 170602-G-XX000-136.JPG

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