Men of Honor-(1)

Have you watched this movie? Maybe you have done. This is a nice movie. It describes the process of how a farm man became the first African-American Master Diver in American Navy.

The man first served the army as a cook, and then tried getting recommendation for diving training school.

Although he did well at diving, the principal intentionally blocked him from graduating, since he was the only colored student in the school. During the final test, his instructor obeyed the principal’s malicious intention, broke the bag of tools, and threw it into water. It took the man 9 hours to find the tools and to assemble the device in the cold water. He was almost frozen when he had finished the assembling test. His instructor was touched by his capability. Finally, he successfully graduated from the school.

The most wonderful part is about his career sentence. He got his leg injured accidentally, so he faced two choices: one was to get retired as a Senior Diver; the other one was to have the leg cut and to be reinstated as a diver. He chose the second one. In front of court, the man with a fake leg, was burdening 200 lbs apparatus and had to move 12 steps forward in order to prove his capability of being a diver.

A fake leg, 200 lbs. For a normal person it is hard, even for a disabled person. He displayed his courage and willpower, and got the opportunity to be reinstated. After 8 years, he was granted as a Master Diver, the highest rank in the diving community. Also he became the first African- American Master Diver in American history.