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Admiral William F. Halsey, whose foot and mouth seem to have a dreadful affinity, appeared to be stuck for life with his equestrian boast (that he would ride the Emperor's white horse down the streets of Tokyo): he got a white wooden mount in Manhattan from members of the Military Order of the World Wars. Day before, Gossipist Leonard Lyons quoted his latest blurt, apropos the atomic bomb-that he would have preferred to lick Japan without it, conceded that it "did one good thing, though. It meant 100,000 dead Japs we'll never have...
Army & Navy brass hats have made some extreme and extremely peculiar statements during the merger fight. It remained for Admiral William Halsey to reach the outermost extremities in his Navyman's argument against unification of command...
Said "Bull" Halsey, for 45 years a member of the Annapolis high priesthood: "One might just as well ask a committee composed of a Protestant, a Catholic and a Jew to save our national souls by recommending a national church and creed...
...flag officers still on active duty, the Navy's letter simply asked (for guidance in future planning) if the admiral wanted to retire-please reply. Of those who had replied by last week, only 16 said they wanted to get out. Among them were Fleet Admiral William F. Halsey (see above); 62-year-old Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, commander of the Atlantic Fleet throughout most of the war; hardboiled Admiral Emory S. Land, for seven years head of the Maritime Commission...
Outstanding among the airborne oldsters who were passed over was William F. Halsey, 63, who learned to fly at 52. But he was not overlooked. The Navy had been embarrassed a year ago when it got the right to appoint four fleet admirals: three were named at once, but Halsey and Admiral Spruance were tied for the fourth place, so neither got it. Last week, after announcing that he was retiring, Halsey got five stars...