In the movie 'Men of Honor', Billy Sunday (Robert De Niro) used the nickname "Cookie" to address Carl Brashear (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
Carl Brashear's birth name is Carl Maxie Brashear.
Carl Brashear is 5' 10".
Carl Brashear is 5' 10".
Yes, military life was that challenging.
Her name is Junetta Wilcoxson he called her Joe
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He died in 2006 at the age of 75.
Carl Maxie Brashear was the first African American to become a U.S. Navy Master Diver. In 1954 is when he graduated from the Diving & Salvage School to make history.
Master Diver Carl Maxie Brashear enlisted in the United States Navy on February 25, 1948, the beginning of what would become a 31 year career as a sailor.
The movie was "Men of Honor" (2000), loosely based on the real-life experience of Chief Petty Officer Carl Brashear.