In February of 1948, the United States Armed Forces were segregated. When Carl Brashear, an African-American from Kentucky, first began his Naval career, he experienced the harsh reality of racial prejudice. President Truman soon issued an Executive Order requiring American military forces to integrate. Not long after, Carl Brashear set a goal for himself: To become the Navy's first African-American master diver.
It wasn't an easy journey from Naval recruit to master diver. Despite the ordered end to military segregation, Carl Brashear encountered many obstacles. He endured discrimination, failures and tragedies. He also achieved significant triumphs. Today he is one of only seven enlisted men who have been honored by the U.S. Naval Institute with an Oral History: The Reminiscences of Master Chief Boatswain's Mate Carl M. Brashear, U.S. Navy (Retired).
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| MEN OF HONOR |
||REMEMBER THE TITANS |
SPACE COWBOYS
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THE PERFECT STORM
| THE PATRIOT
| GLADIATOR
| JOAN OF ARC |
| WILLIAM WALLACE | FAMOUS TRIALS | JAPANESE
INTERNMENT | SLEEPY HOLLOW |
| LIZZIE BORDEN | THE HURRICANE | WOLFE
TONE, SEEDS OF ANGELA'S ASHES |
| ANASTASIA | ERIN BROCKOVICH |
JACK
THE RIPPER | WYATT EARP | U571
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