Estate Of Samuel L Gravely, Paul L Stillwell

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The U.S. Navy's First Black Admiral

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Produktbeschreibung

A Navy pioneer, Vice Adm. Samuel Gravely was the first African American to be commissioned a flag officer in the U.S. Navy, the first to command a Navy ship in the twentieth century, and the first to command a U.S. numbered fleet. In this memoir, co-authored by the noted naval historian Paul Stillwell, Gravely describes his life from his boyhood in Richmond, Virginia, through his officer service on board 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 posed by racism as he rose through the ranks. In 2009, the Navy named the guided missile destroyer Gravely in his honor.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: US Naval Institute Press
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781591143383
• ISBN-10: 1591143381
• Artikelnr.: 29955972

Autorenporträt

Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely, Jr., was commissioned in 1944, promoted to admiral in 1971, and retired from the Navy in 1980. He died in 2004. Paul Stillwell is an independent historian and retired naval officer. He worked for thirty years at the U.S. Naval Institute as an oral historian and editor of Naval History magazine. He is the author or editor of thirteen books, including four on battleships and an award-winning volume on the Navy's first African American officers, The Golden Thirteen.