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Carl Brashear was an African-American man struggling to make a living in the 1940s like most people of his race. He dropped out of school in the seventh grade to help his father and family get through hard times. His father inspired him to succeed and become something better than a sharecropper. Opportunity knocked when President Harry S. Truman desegregated the military to allow blacks and other races to enlist. With his father?s words of wisdom in mind, Carl signed up for the navy in hopes to turn into something great. Of course it wasn?t going to be that easy. Carl was thrown into the kitchen to work alongside of the other Negroes and slave over a stove day in and day out. They weren?t allowed to go on deck or mingle with the other white sailors. It was even considere