Carl Nolte (born c. 1933) is an American journalist. He writes the "Native Son" column in the ''

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''.

Personal life and education

Nolte was born and raised in San Francisco. When he was a child, he lived in the

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neighborhood. He served in the

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on active duty in Korea. He later served in the Army Reserve. While working for the San Francisco Chronicle he served as a war correspondent in the Persian Gulf War and in the invasion of Iraq.

Career

He started working at the ''

'' on June 13, 1961. He has served as a writer and an editor. He was a war correspondent. For the newspaper, he has written about the ''

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'' when it sailed to Europe as part of the

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anniversary, the

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and the

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. In 2010, he was awarded the Maritime Heritage Award by the San Francisco Maritime National Park Association. In 2011, he was given the President's Medal for Public Service by the California Maritime Academy. In 2012, he was given an Award of Merit by the

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. In 2016 he was given the honorary degree of Doctor of Humaine Letters.

Bibliography

*Nolte, Carl. ''The San Francisco Century: A City Rises from the Ruins of the 1906 Earthquake and Fire''. San Francisco: ''San Francisco Chronicle'' (2005). *Nolte, Carl. ''USS Pampanito: A Submarine and Her Crew''. San Francisco: San Francisco Maritime National Park Association (2001). *Sausalito Historical Society with contributions by Carl Nolte. ''Sausalito''. Mount Pleasant:

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(2005).

References

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External links

Nolte's "Native Son" column
from the ''San Francisco Chronicle'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Nolte, Carl American newspaper reporters and correspondents San Francisco Chronicle people Writers from San Francisco United States Army reservists American war correspondents United States Army personnel of the Korean War