Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week the North Koreans struck, the last of 14 large carrier air groups was being decommissioned. The Valley Forge, with the eleven other warships of the Seventh Task Fleet, was the only carrier in Far Eastern waters. In the week when the U.S. embarked on its police action, it had only seven large carriers out of the 20 it had at the end of World War II. Half of its ten divisions were pinned down in occupation duties. The troops available were scarcely strong enough to back the nation's global commitments. The Forrestal budget would at least have...
Vice Admiral Arthur D. Struble, 56, Joy's top subordinate and commander of the Seventh Fleet, an "amphib man," in World War II directed landings in Normandy and the Philippines. Preparing for an attack on Corregidor in 1945, short, twinkle-eyed Arthur Struble was told that the cruisers needed to silence Jap guns on "The Rock" would be late. He said, "Let's go ahead without...
...senior military representative was an Army lieutenant colonel assisted by a staff of three other officers and barely enough enlisted men to answer phones, drive staff cars. Not one of the military men had the rank or authority to provide the liaison so urgently required with the U.S. Seventh Fleet...
Most responsible Chinese here are fully aware that Washington and the Seventh Fleet have a war on their hands and other things than Formosa to think about. Nevertheless, they have reasonably requested clarification here and in Washington of Truman's rather cryptic cease-fire orders to Chinese forces, and with notable patience and forbearance have tried to learn what is expected of them by the Seventh Fleet...
Just Relax. In the early course of these inquiries, the Chinese were told in all seriousness that there would be no problem of communication or plane identification since the Seventh Fleet would stay completely away from Formosa. Incredulous Chinese officials pointed out that planes from a U.S. carrier would surely at some time or other approach the Formosan coast. What if a U.S. plane were in trouble far from its carrier-would it ditch at sea rather than land on Formosa? The American attitude remained: you boys just relax, you'll never see Seventh Fleet ships or planes...