In 1958; Frank Gamboa became the first Mexican American from Owens Valley; California; to graduate from the United States Naval Academy. His memoir's focus is his professional development as a naval officer of the line from 1958 to 1988 in the U.S. Navy's surface warfare community. It highlights his duties; challenges and opportunities during more than 17 years of sea duty in destroyers; a cruiser; and six amphibious warships operating in the Navy's Second and Third Fleets; and in frequent and extended deployments in the Sixth and Seventh Fleets during the Cold War. ¡El Capitán! portrays the leadership; management; technical and seamanship skills required to succeed in shipboard billets ranging from division officer to commanding officer and squadron commander; in ranks from ensign to captain. It describes Gamboa's performance as the first Mexican-American naval surface warfare officer to command a major warship as a Commander; the first to command major warship as a Captain; and the first to command a squadron of amphibious warships as a captain. About the Author After leaving the Navy; Frank created Gamboa International Corporation; a management consulting company that he and Linda successfully operated in the private sector from 1994 to 2006. In 1989; he was elected Vice President of the Naval Academy Class of 1958 and continues to serve in that capacity. He and his wife; the former Linda Marie Lehtio; reside in Fairfax; Virginia. Their son; John Frank "Jack" Gamboa; Junior; and his daughter Emma live in Portland; Oregon. Their daughter Judith Ann Callsen and her husband Gary and her daughter Loren reside at Foxcroft School in Middleburg; Virginia.
#3904005 in Books Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers 2009-11-30Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.02 x .96 x 5.98l; 1.39 #File Name: 0981893961432 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Telling StoriesBy Marilyn S. MichelThis book presents a variety of stories and characters; from the upright Isaac T. Hopper to the lowly kidnappers of free blacks; and slaves who have built good lives in Philadelphia; only to be discovered by their former captors. It shows that slavery generated a great deal of conflict; and the necessity of Federal law (based on the Constitutional directive) to return escaped slaves to their legal owners. I have studied slave narratives for twenty years. They show the best and worst of human nature. The same can be said for Hopper's "tales."
