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Thus spoke the civilian Secretary of the Navy, James Vincent Forrestal, to the men of the Navy and the Marines, as he stood aboard the flagship poised for the invasion of Iwo Jima.
The Schoolboys. Forrestal unveiled for the first time a committee of businessmen who have been helping the Navy to unravel its problems. Committee heads are Thomas P. Archer, yachting enthusiast and vice president of General Motors; George Wheeler Wolf, Naval Academy graduate and president of U.S. Steel Export Co. The...
Peaceful Hands. These were some of the reasons-along with constant research by Navy and civilian scientists into new weapons-why the fleets of Admiral Ernest J. King are able to dominate two oceans. There was another reason to which Forrestal paid his respects: "The attitude of the men who...
The cost in dollars has been astronomical: $86.8 billion since 1940, by the Secretary's accounting, but the investment has paid off and will continue to pay off if the U.S. maintains it; a great Navy can be America's contribution to world peace. Said Citizen Forrestal: "The...
The Darkest Day. Within an hour after the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor, Nimitz had impressed his superiors as a man well suited for the Pacific command. He had been summoned to Frank Knox's office on the second "deck" of the barracks-like Navy Department on Washington'...