Carl Brashear

Carl Maxie Brashear
Ilustracja
Carl Brashear (w środku); 2000.
Master Chief Petty Officer Master Chief Petty Officer
Data i miejsce urodzenia

19 stycznia 1931
Tonieville, Kentucky

Data i miejsce śmierci

25 lipca 2006
Portsmouth, Wirginia

Przebieg służby
Lata służby

1948–1979

Siły zbrojne

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Jednostki

USS Hoist (ARS-40), USS Hunley (AS-31), USS Recovery (ARS-43)

Stanowiska

nurek

Późniejsza praca

pracownik cywilny Naval Station Norfolk

Odznaczenia
Medal Marynarki Wojennej i Piechoty Morskiej (USA) Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation Medal za Dobre Zachowanie Marynarki Wojennej (USA) China Service Medal Medal Armii Okupacyjnej (USA) National Defense Service Medal Department of Defense Outstanding Public Service Award Medal ONZ za służbę w KOREI Republic of Korea War Service Medal (Korea Południowa)

Carl Maxie Brashear (ur. 19 stycznia 1931 w Tonieville w stanie Kentucky, zm. 25 lipca 2006 w Portsmouth w stanie Wirginia) – syn biednego dzierżawcy gruntu w stanie Kentucky. W latach 50. został pierwszym czarnoskórym nurkiem Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych. Był także pierwszym nurkiem przywróconym do czynnej służby po przejściu operacji amputacji nogi.

W 2000 roku jego postać została przedstawiona w filmie Siła i honor (tytuł oryginalny: Men of Honor), w którym rolę Carla Brasheara zagrał Cuba Gooding Jr.

Odznaczenia

  • Navy and Marine Corps Medal
  • Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal
  • Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal
  • Navy and Marine Corps Presidential Unit Citation
  • Navy Unit Commendation
  • Navy Good Conduct Medal
  • China Service Medal
  • Navy Occupation Service Medal
  • National Defense Service Medal
  • Korean Service Medal
  • Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
  • Department of Defense Outstanding Public Service Award
  • Odznaka Master Diver (US Navy)
  • United Nations Service Medal for KoreaONZ
  • Republic of Korea War Service MedalKorea Południowa

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Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear (center), the Navy's first African-American diver, received an Outstanding Public Service Award in October 2000 from actor Cuba Gooding Jr. and then-Defense Secretary William Cohen for 42 years of combined military and federal civilian service. Mr. Gooding portrayed Master Chief Brashear in the 2000 film "Men of Honor."
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Ribbon for the Navy Good Conduct Medal awarded by the United States Department of the Navy. The shade of red is Pantone 209 C, referred to as rally red.
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Baretka: Medal Wybitnej Służby Publicznej (Departament Obrony USA).
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