Marine Corps Maj. Tyler B. Sanders, left, an instructor pilot assigned to Marine Attack Training Squadron (VMAT) 203, speaks with Frank E. Petersen III and family of the late Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen Jr., during a tour of Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, , Nov. 9, 2016. The Petersen family toured MCAS Cherry Point after a ship renaming ceremony in which the Arleigh Burke- class destroyer, DDG 121, was renamed the USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. honoring Lt. Gen. Petersen, the first African American aviator and general officer in the Marine Corps.

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