U.S. Coast Guard: The Long Blue Line - Peacock-Coast Guardsman, 'World's Fastest Human' 90 Years Ago
September 09, 2023
September 09, 2023
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news:
By Cmdr. William A. McKinstry, U.S. Coast Guard
Eulace Peacock was born in Dothan, Alabama, on Aug. 27, 1914. As with many African Americans of that era, his family moved north to New Jersey when Peacock was a child in search of better employment opportunities and a better quality of life. In June of 1932, it was as a student athlete in Union, New Jersey, that Peacock . . .
By Cmdr. William A. McKinstry, U.S. Coast Guard
Eulace Peacock was born in Dothan, Alabama, on Aug. 27, 1914. As with many African Americans of that era, his family moved north to New Jersey when Peacock was a child in search of better employment opportunities and a better quality of life. In June of 1932, it was as a student athlete in Union, New Jersey, that Peacock . . .