Leonard Forsman, chairman of the Suquamish Tribe and Suquamish Warriors, speaks during a renaming commemoration ceremony for the John Henry Turpin Post Office Building in Bremerton, Washington Feb. 24, 2022. The post office was renamed in honor Chief Gunner's Mate John Henry "Dick" Turpin, a longtime Bremerton resident and one of the first African American chief petty officers in the Navy. Turpin served for more than three decades and survived two shipboard explosions.

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