[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1019 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1019

  Honoring the life of Carl Brashear, the first African-American Navy 
                          Master Chief Diver.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 20, 2006

  Mr. Lewis of Kentucky submitted the following resolution; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                               RESOLUTION


 
  Honoring the life of Carl Brashear, the first African-American Navy 
                          Master Chief Diver.

Whereas Carl Brashear was born on January 19, 1931, in Larue County, Kentucky, 
        and was raised in Sonora, Kentucky, in a sharecropping family, and 
        joined the Navy on February 25, 1948, shortly after it was desegregated;
Whereas in 1966, Mr. Brashear recovered a hydrogen bomb dropped off the waters 
        of Spain and received a severe leg injury that resulted in its 
        amputation below the knee;
Whereas Mr. Brashear continued to train despite that setback, proving himself 
        qualified to continue his missions with the Navy;
Whereas in 1970 Mr. Brashear qualified as the first African-American Master 
        Chief Diver in the history of the United States Navy; and
Whereas Mr. Brashear's story was portrayed in the 2000 film ``Men of Honor'': 
        Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives honors the life of Carl 
Brashear, the first African-American Master Chief Diver in the United 
States Navy, and his service to the Nation.
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