The Navy's First Amputee Master Diver Did the Impossible Master Chief Carl Maxie Brashear became the U.S. Navy's first Black Master Diver and first amputee diver in 1970, shattering barriers that many believed were impossible to break. Born to sharecroppers in Kentucky in 1931, Brashear enlisted in the Navy in 1948鈥攆our months before President Truman desegregated the military鈥攁nd became the first African American to graduate from Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954. His greatest test came in 19
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The Navy's First Amputee Master Diver Did the Impossible Master Chief Carl Maxie Brashear became the U.S. Navy's first Black Master Diver and first amputee diver in 1970, shattering barriers that many believed were impossible to break. Born to sharecroppers in Kentucky in 1931, Brashear enlisted in the Navy in 1948鈥攆our months before President Truman desegregated the military鈥攁nd became the first African American to graduate from Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954. His greatest test came in 19
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Celebrating the legacy of his father, Carl Brashear, the US Navy鈥檚 first amputee diver and the first African American to qualify as a master diver, Philip Brashear talks about the importance of the limited edition Oris Divers Sixty-Five. #WoSLiveatBaselworld #Baselworld2018 | Watches of Switzerland Official
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Celebrating the legacy of his father, Carl Brashear, the US Navy鈥檚 first amputee diver and the first African American to qualify as a master diver, Philip Brashear talks about the importance of the limited edition Oris Divers Sixty-Five. #WoSLiveatBaselworld #Baselworld2018 | Watches of Switzerland Official
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Carl Brashear had a legendary U.S. Navy career, becoming the first African American Master Diver and the first amputee diver, overcoming significant racism and a devastating leg injury to reach the rank of Master Chief Boatswain's Mate (BMCM) before retiring in 1979 after 31 years of service, inspiring millions through his perseverance, famously chronicled in the movie Men of Honor.
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Carl Brashear had a legendary U.S. Navy career, becoming the first African American Master Diver and the first amputee diver, overcoming significant racism and a devastating leg injury to reach the rank of Master Chief Boatswain's Mate (BMCM) before retiring in 1979 after 31 years of service, inspiring millions through his perseverance, famously chronicled in the movie Men of Honor.
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He was a son of a sharecropper. He became THE FIRST BLACK MASTER DIVER. 1948. February 25, 1948. The United States Navy. CARL BRASHEAR was 19 years old. A Farm Boy from Kentucky. He didn't have much SCHOOL, but he had HEART. He joined the Navy when they ONLY Wanted BLACK MEN to be COOKS. He Saw the Divers in their big Brass Helmets. He Knew that was His DREAM. He wrote letters. He was turned away. He kept writing. FINALLY, He Got in. The WATER was COLD, But the HATE Was COLDER. His CLASSMATES Le
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Carl Brashear grew up in rural Kentucky and was inspired as a boy after seeing Navy divers off the coast of Corpus Christi, Texas. Determined to follow that path, he joined the Navy in 1948 and became its first Black master diver. In 1966, after losing a leg during a salvage mission, he fought his way back to full active duty鈥攁n unprecedented comeback. His story of courage and determination later inspired the film Men of Honor. Brashear proved that no barrier, physical or social, could keep him
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InstaSavvy on Instagram: "In Men of Honor (2000), one of the most powerful moments is when Carl Brashear, a determined Black Navy diver, stands up to Master Chief Billy Sunday, his strict and often harsh white commanding officer. Carl, fighting against racism, doubt, and endless obstacles, refuses to back down. Even when Sunday tries to break him with impossible training and brutal discipline, Carl challenges him鈥攏ot out of anger, but out of unshakeable courage. This confrontation becomes the tu
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