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Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jacob G. Sisco

GMC Turpin Memorial Ceremony

Navy Public Affairs Support Element, Det. Northwest

March 30, 2018 | 33:35

180330-N-ZP059-0001 BREMERTON Wash., (Mar. 30, 2018) – In honor of the first African American Chief Petty Officer John Henry "Dick" Turpin, a Memorial marker was placed on the gravesite of his first wife Anna Turpin at Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton, March 30. Chief Turpin died in 1962 and was buried at Sea. No Service or Memorial was placed in his honor. The Pacific Northwest Chief Petty Officer Association sponsored the memorial marker. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob G. Sisco/Released)