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—an 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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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—an 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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