Trailblazer : The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral

Name: Trailblazer
Brand: Naval Institute Press
SKU: 9781591143383
Price: 4850 KES
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ISBN: 9781591143383

by Jr. USN Gravely

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Format Hardback

ISBN-10 1591143381

ISBN-13 9781591143383

Publisher Naval Institute Press

Imprint Naval Institute Press

Country of Manufacture US

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 2nd, 2010

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 554 grams

Dimensions 23.70 x 16.00 x 2.30 cms

Product Classification: Autobiography: historical, political & military Naval forces & warfare

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A Navy pioneer, Vice Adm. Samuel Gravely was the first African American to be commissioned an officer in the U.S. Navy, the first to command a Navy ship, the first to command a fleet, and the first to become an admiral. In this memoir, co-written by the noted naval historian Paul Stillwell, he describes his life from boyhood in Richmond, Virginia, through his enlisted service on a World War II submarine chaser, to later tours of duty at sea and ashore. Denied housing and even jailed for impersonating an officer, he recounts efforts to overcome both cultural and institutional obstacles of racism. In 2009, the Navy named a guided missile destroyer in his honor.

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