Postwar
President Harry S. Truman officially desegregated the U.S. military in 1948. At the time of the Golden Thirteen's commissioning, there were approximately 100,000 African-American men serving in the United States Navy's enlisted ranks.
Frank Ellis Sublett, the last living member of the group died on September 27, 2006.
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