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Bobby Wilks dies at 78; first African American Coast Guard pilot

Bobby C. Wilks, the first African American Coast Guard aviator and the first African American to reach the rank of Coast Guard captain, died July 13 at an assisted-living community in Woodbridge, Va., of complications from Parkinson's disease. He was 78.

By Joe Holley

August 3, 2009

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