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    Carl Brashear

    One of the first African Americans to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver

    Carl Maxie Brashear (19 January 1931 – 25 July 2006) was a United States Navy sailor.

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    • He was a Master Diver, rising to the position in 1970, despite having his lower left leg amputated in 1966. The 2000 film Men of Honor was based on his life.

    Early life and education

    Brashear was born on 19 January 1931, in Tonieville, LaRue County, Kentucky, the sixth of 16 children to sharecroppers McDonald and Gonzella Brashear.[1][2] In 1935, the family settled on a farm in Sonora, Kentucky.

    Brashear attended Sonora Grade School from 1937 to 1946.

    Career

    Brashear enlisted in the United States Navy on 25 February 1948, four months before the military was desegregated by President Harry S. Truman.[3] He graduated from the United States Navy Diving & Salvage School in 1954, becoming the first African-American to attend and graduate from the Diving & Salvage Sc