Flipper, Henry Ossian

(1856–1940) soldier, engineer; born in Thomasville, Ga. The son of slave parents, he endured four years of harassment to become, in 1877, the first African-American graduate of West Point. Dismissed in 1882 after a court martial on trumped-up charges involving commissariat funds, he campaigned the rest of his life for reinstatement. He pursued a long and successful civilian career as an engineer; 36 years after his death the army granted him an honorable discharge dated June 30, 1882.

单词	flipper, henry ossian
释义	Flipper, Henry Ossian Flipper, Henry Ossian (1856–1940) soldier, engineer; born in Thomasville, Ga. The son of slave parents, he endured four years of harassment to become, in 1877, the first African-American graduate of West Point. Dismissed in 1882 after a court martial on trumped-up charges involving commissariat funds, he campaigned the rest of his life for reinstatement. He pursued a long and successful civilian career as an engineer; 36 years after his death the army granted him an honorable discharge dated June 30, 1882.
随便看	mutant-assisted gene identification and characterization mutant enemy mutantes mutant frequency mutant gene mutant gene theory mutant il-17f mutant p53-binding protein 1 mutant phenotype mutant proteins mutant renegade zine mutant reviewers from hell mutants mutants for nuclear power mutant site mutant slime pit mutant turtles mutant vampire zombies from the hood mutant zombie biker mutapa empire mutaqabbil mutare mutare girls' high school mutare, zimbabwe mutarotase