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Merle Smith, 1st Black graduate of Coast Guard Academy, Dies
Merle Smith Jr., the first Black cadet to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy, has died. He was 76. Smith died last month of complications from Parkinson’s disease and COVID-19, according to his wife, Lynda Smith. Smith commanded a cutter in Vietnam, taught law classes at the academy in New London and retired from active-duty […]
July 9, 2021
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