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  • Navy Diver helped save partner, but investigation finds officers made errors

    02/28/2003 11:25:36 AM PST · by pabianice · 11 replies · 436+ views
    Navy Times ^ | 2/28/03 | Maxwell
    <p>It’s the kind of pride that comes wrapped in hard heartache, watching a boy go off to become a man. Matthew Draughon left his parents’ house that summer of 1998, following a Navy path already worn by his father and again by his older brother. This younger son wanted to catch the ocean, too. He wanted the best underwater training the world offers. He wanted to be a Navy diver.</p>