Lawrence Chambers
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Lawrence Cleveland "Larry" Chambers is 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. While in comm
Rear Adm. Chambers (1982; age 53)
A South Vietnamese Air Force UH-1H is pushed overboard to make room for Major Buang to land his Cessna O-1.
Major Buang's O-1 touching down.
Major Buang's O-1 after landing aboard Midway during Operation Frequent Wind.
USS Midway (CV-41)
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USS Midway is an aircraft carrier, formerly of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class. Commissioned eight days after the end of World War II, Midway was the largest aircraft carrier in the
Lawrence Chambers
…American to command a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and the first African-American graduate of the Naval Academy to reach flag rank. While in command of USS Midway during Operation Frequent Wind, Chambers gave the controversial order to push overboard millions of dollars' worth of UH-1 Huey helicopters so Republic…
USS Midway steaming off the Firth of Clyde in September 1952.
Midway after commissioning in September 1945
USS Midway in 1958
USS Midway underway in the Pacific Ocean on April 19, 1971