Captain Frank Gamboa '58, USN (Ret.), the first Mexican-American naval surface warfare officer to command a major U.S. Navy warship, describes his long and difficult journey to the Naval Academy. Captain Gamboa's memoir, ¡El Capitán! The Making of an American Naval Officer, was published on 4 June 2011 and is available on the on-line Lucky Bag of Books. Check out the September-October issue of Shipmate for an article about Captain Gamboa.

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