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IV 109th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1019 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 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

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.