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Word: cincpoa (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said that Radford wears "three hats," which means that he has three commands. As CINCPAC, he commands the Pacific Fleet. As CINCPOA (Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Area), he is theater commander of an area which reaches from the North to the South Pole, from the continental shores of the Americas to the Bay of Bengal. Radford is also High Commissioner for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which means that he must look after the welfare of inhabitants of islands put in U.S. trust by the United Nations. This is the least important of the admiral...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: Waiting for the Second Alarm | 9/11/1950 | See Source »

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