NYT > Top StoriesHe was the first Black officer to lead a Marine Corps infantry company into combat. He later became an Alabama state lawmaker and an assistant secretary of the Air Force.
J. Gary Cooper, Pathbreaking Marine Leader, Is Dead at 87
NYT > Top StoriesHe was the first Black officer to lead a Marine Corps infantry company into combat. He later became an Alabama state lawmaker and an assistant secretary of the Air Force.
NYT > Top StoriesHe was the first Black officer to lead a Marine Corps infantry company into combat. He later became an Alabama state lawmaker and an assistant secretary of the Air Force.