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P.S. 28 The Thomas Emanuel Early Childhood Center (24Q028)
Photo courtesy of the US Navy.
Thomas Emanuel (1923-1972) was born in Miami Florida, eventually moving to Astoria, Queens, NY. He served in the US Navy and was one of two Black stewards aboard the USS Nautilus during her successful attempt to become the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on August 3, 1958.
Sources:
Knoblock, Glenn, A., Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975. 2005, p. 196.
Yuill, John C., “Mail Buoy!”, American Submariner, Second Quarter, 2025, p. 10.