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...Postponed confirmation of Admiral Forrest Sherman as Chief of Naval Operations. It wanted to be sure first that Admiral Louis Denfeld had not been illegally fired for his support of the Navy's rebels in congressional hearings...
When Admiral Louis Denfeld, who also took his stand against Defense Secretary Johnson and the workings of the unification act, was summarily fired as Chief of Naval Operations last October, he was offered another post: command of U.S. naval forces in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. Last week, in a blistering letter, mild "Uncle Louie" Denfeld told Navy Secretary Francis Matthews he was turning down the job and announced he was considering retirement from the Navy. Wrote Denfeld...
...next month, 58-year-old Admiral Denfeld added, he would advise the Pentagon whether he chose to retire (after 41 years in a Navy uniform) or stay on active duty, "in any assignment ... in which the handicaps imposed by recent events will not be present...
...Admiral Louis Denfeld...
Despite some officers' worst fears, the new CNO said no heads would roll. Naval Aviator Sherman asked Vice Admiral John Dale Price, Denfeld's vice chief of operations and an airman, to stay on at his job until spring. After that, Rear Admiral Lynde Dupuy McCormick, a submariner, now boss of the 12th Naval District, will become vice chief. The Navy's two top jobs are usually split between a seagoing admiral and an airman. Sherman abolished Operation 23, which had been disseminating anonymous pro-Navy propaganda during the months of political feuding, but took no punitive...