翻訳と辞書 |
Lawrence Chambers : ウィキペディア英語版 | Lawrence Chambers
Lawrence (Larry) Cleveland Chambers (born June 10, 1929) was the first African American to command a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the first African American graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank.〔(African American Flag Officers in the US Navy ), Naval History and Heritage Command, accessed March 16, 2013.〕 While in command of the during Operation Frequent Wind, Chambers gave the controversial order to push overboard millions of dollars worth of UH-1 Huey helicopters so South Vietnamese Air Force Major Buang-Ly could land on the aircraft carrier in a Cessna O-1 Bird Dog with his wife and five children, thereby saving their lives. == Early Life and Naval Academy ==
Born in Bedford, Virginia in 1929, Chambers was the third of five children〔(D.C. grad ranks high at U.S. Naval Academy ), The Afro American, Jun 7, 1952.〕 raised by his mother, Charlotte Chambers (including his brother Andrew, who later became a Lieutenant general in the U.S. Army). After Chambers' father died, his mother began working in the War Department to support the family. Chambers served in ROTC while attending Dunbar High School in (Washington, D.C. After graduating as class valedictorian and commander of the corps of cadets, Chambers considered using the ROTC program to also pay for college. However, Wesley A. Brown, the first African American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, encouraged him to apply there. Chambers did and became the second African American to graduate from the Academy on June 6, 1952.〔 Chambers had mixed feelings about his time at the Naval Academy, not returning to visit for twenty years. He would later say, "While I had some good memories, I also had some tough memories."
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lawrence Chambers」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|