![]() ![]() However, one man can make a difference … We must live for the future of the human race, and not for our own comfort or success.”Īfter serving four years on submarines before World War II, his experience would pay off big time years later. “Admittedly, one man by himself cannot do the job. “I believe it is the duty of each of us to act as if the fate of the world depended on him,” he said. During that time, he did his homework, knew what he was talking about, constantly ruffled the feathers of superior officers, courted members of Congress, always got the job done - and became a legend. ![]() His long career was a rocky one, but he served with distinction. naval officer - thanks to a special act of Congress allowed him to serve beyond the mandatory retirement age. He would spend 63 years in the Navy - longest of any U.S. Navy officer who was born in Russian Poland in 1900 and came to America with his parents when he was only 4, studied hard in school, joined the Navy and graduated from the U.S. On the team that made it possible was a tough U.S. Navy, and submarine warfare would never be the same again. 21, 1951, first lady Mamie Eisenhower smashed a bottle of champagne on the bow of the USS Nautilus and America’s first nuclear submarine slid down into the Thames River in Connecticut. Graveyard for decommissioned nuclear submarines at Ship Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as it looked in 1993.Īt 11:47 in the morning of Jan.
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