John Wesley Lee, Jr. oral history transcription

LeeJohn Wesley, Jr., LCDR, USN (Ret.) 1924-. Transcript of the career of the first black man commissioned as a regular officer in the U.S. Navy on 15 March 1947. This includes his growing up years in Indianapolis, Ind., family back­ ground, education at Indiana University and enlistment in the Navy 1944; Training; Treatment of blacks in the Navy; Commission in the U.S. Navy Reserve, 1945; Ship assignments; Postwar educa­ tion and augmentation into the regular Navy; General Line School, Newport, R.I., 1947-1948; Duty in USSKearsarge and USS Toledo, 1948-1952, USSWright, 1954-1956, USSCotton, 1956- 1957, Naval Air Rocket Test Station, 1957-1959; CO, Oceanographic Unit, USS Dutton, 1959- 1960; Executive Officer, USS Aeolus, 1961-1963; Staff Officer NATO, 1963-1966; Retirement from USN, 1966. Employment with Naval Avionics, 1967-1989.