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Next day Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal told newsmen that he had indeed received the report from the court, which does not try anyone, merely assembles the facts. More than that the Secretary did not want to say. The document, he admitted, would be kept confidential for the present, because...
Few men adequately comprehend the battle power of the U.S. Navy. But now that it has grown to be the world's (and history's) mightiest, a few more figures could be given to outline its giant proportions. This Navy Secretary Forrestal did last week. Items:
Said still unsatisfied Secretary Forrestal, "The Navy program is only a little more than half finished."
"Grumman planes saved Guadalcanal" -Navy Secretary Forrestal.
For weeks the Germans had noted allied landing boats piling up in Mediteranean harbors, had nervously trumpeted their findings to the world. Then distinguished visitors began arriving in Italy for front-row seats-Prime Minister Winston Churchill, U.S. Navy Secretary James Forrestal, Undersecretary of War Robert P. Patterson, Supply Chief...