World War II Honoree

Hugh Mulzac

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

New York

Honored By

Richard E. Miller

A NATURALIZED CITIZEN, BORN IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES HE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN OF AFRICAN DESCENT TO COMMAND A NAVAL OR MERCHANT MARINE VESSEL DURING WWII. THAT SHIP, THE SS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, MADE TWENTY-TWO ROUND-TRIP VOYAGES BETWEEN 1942 AND 1946, CARRYING 18,000 TROOPS TO EUROPEAN AND PACIFIC WAR ZONES.