Clearly the USN was highly effective at inculcating its institutional memory. Look at Commander Ernest Evans, a Native American with no family tradition of nava

Clearly the USN was highly effective at inculcating its institutional memory. Look at Commander Ernest Evans, a Native American with no family tradition of naval service, who earned a posthumous Medal of Honor at the incredible battle of Samar (the “Last Stand of the Tin-can Sailors”): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._Evans https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_E._Evans