Word: ernest
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Washington Admiral Ernest J. King signaled: "To all hands concerned with the Marshall Islands operation: Well and smartly done. Carry...
...Kirk Bramwith for the unveiling. J. G. Groeninger, an American in the consular service, drew aside the Union Jack which covered the window. Captain the Rev. R. Whincup, the village rector, stood under the Stars & Stripes to read a message from the King. Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster Ernest Brown made a speech. General Sir Bernard L. Montgomery saluted the village spirit...
...Navy's new level, two candidates were also put up: Admirals William D. Leahy, the President's personal Chief of Staff, and COMINCH Ernest J. King. Their titles in prospect: Admiral of the Navy. In the rank-conscious Navy, only George Dewey (died 1917) has ever gone so high before...
Like his top superior, the U.S. Fleet's Commander in Chief Admiral Ernest J. King, he is impatient of failure, abrasive as a file. Men remember that the ships he ran were "taut" rather than "happy." His self-confidence approaches arrogance...
Said Turner's boss, Ernest King: "1944, our year of attack, has just begun...