The Navy Combat Art Program was founded in 1941 because of the persistence of Griffith Baily Coale, a well-known muralist. Believing that war imminent, Coale convinced top Navy commanders to send ...

Before he did all of that, however, he was leading Navy SEALs into combat during the Vietnam War. Like many SEALs, Kerrey was called on to do what might have been otherwise impossible, such as ...