Click2Flicks - Men of Honor - Chapter 1 - Preface

<body link="0000ff" alink="ff0000" vlink="000000" bgcolor=000033> <table width="100%" bgcolor=000033> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><table width=90% bgcolor=ffffff cellpadding=5> <tr> <td align=center valign=top><div align=center><p><b><font face="arial, helvetica" size=5 color=000000><b>MEN OF HONOR:</p> <p>THE STORY OF CARL BRASHEAR</b></font></p>  <table width="590"> <tr> <td align="CENTER" valign="top" bgcolor="000000" colspan=2><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="3" color="FFFFFF"><b>STORY CHAPTER LINKS</b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" border="0"> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><a href="#preface"><b>1. STORY PREFACE</b></a></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch2.htm">2. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP" width="50%"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch3.htm">3. RACIAL PREJUDICE IN THE NAVY</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch4.htm">4. AN IMPOSSIBLE DREAM</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch5.htm">5. LEGENDS OF DEEP-SEA DIVING</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch6.htm">6. MYSTERIES OF THE DEEP</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch7.htm">7. MIXED-GAS DIVING</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> <td align=center valign=top width=50%>  <table width=100% cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 border=0> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch8.htm">8. MID-AIR COLLISION</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch9.htm">9. U.S. NAVY SALVAGE</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch10.htm">10. OUT OF BLOOD AND GAS</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch11.htm">11. BRASHEAR BREAKS THE RULES</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch12.htm">12. BRASHEAR, AMPUTEE DIVER</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch13.htm">13. BRASHEAR, MASTER DIVER</a></b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="LEFT" valign="TOP"><font face="ARIAL, HELVETICA" size="2"><b><a href="men_honor_ch14.htm">14. <i>REMINISCENCES</i> OF CARL BRASHEAR</a></b></font> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table>  <p><b><font size="3"><u><a name="preface">PREFACE</a></u></font></b></p> <div align=center><b><i><font face="Times New Roman" color="000000" size="3">To be the first <br> black master diver in the Navy-<br> that was my goal. <br><br> The Reminiscences of Carl Brashear</i><br> U.S. Naval Institute, 1998 </font></b></blockquote></div><br></b> </div> <center> <table width="90%"> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> <div align="justify"> <p><font face="arial, helvetica" color="000000" size="3">Before <a href="http://www.nip.org/hrp/images/BrasherBig.JPG" target="_blank"><b>Carl Brashear</b></a> became the U.S. Navy’s first black master diver, he used his incredible strength of will to ignore old rules so he could break new ground.</p> <p>Before he became the U.S. Navy’s only amputee master diver, he relied on innate courage so he could stare down death.</p> <p>Before he became one of only seven enlisted men whose oral histories are profiled by the U.S. Naval Institute, he had already inspired other men of honor and courage.</p> <p>This is the story of a man who rose above harsh and humble beginnings to excel in the most extraordinary ways. It is the story of a man who succeeded despite racial prejudice and physical limitations. It is the story of a man who believed in his dream - and made it happen.</p> </div> <p align="right"><font size="2"><a href="men_honor_ch2.htm">GO TO CHAPTER 2</a></font></p> <p align="center"><font face="arial, helvetica" size="3"><a href="http://www.awesomestories.com/content/about_author.htm" target="_blank"><b>Author: Carole D. Bos, J.D.</b></center></a></p><br> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </body>