After graduating from France’s naval academy in 1933, Jacques Cousteau was commissioned a second lieutenant. However, his plans to become a navy pilot were undermined by an almost fatal automobile accident in which both his arms were broken. Cousteau was drawn to undersea exploration by his love of both the ocean and underwater diving.
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