US President William Jefferson Clinton (center) is surrounded by the family members of US Army First Lieutenant (1LT), Henry O. Flipper, the first African American to graduate from the US Military Academy at West Point, as the President signs a document pardoning 1LT Flipper for a 1882 Army conviction for conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman. The dishonorable discharge accompanying the conviction had been changed to honorable in 1976
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: White House
State: District Of Columbia (DC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: S. H. Kelly, CIV
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
19/02/1999
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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