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...strong piece spoken. Commander Stassen went back to work-on Admiral William F. Halsey's staff in the Pacific...
...Pacific Fleet Command-the nerve center of the naval force which now rules millions of square miles of ocean. In a bare little cottage which he shared with two other officers lived Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz. In the cottage next door, adjoining bedrooms were labeled: "Spruance Room," "Halsey Room...
...solid Flesh Admiral William F. Halsey...
...Navy moved up. Secretary James Forrestal said that a poll of servicemen would preponderantly favor universal service-"they believe as I do that the means to make war should be in the possession of the nations which hate war. . . ." From Admirals King, Nimitz and Halsey came urgent nods of the head...
...will remain, the firm U.S. policy. Said the President: the U.S. will double its forces now in the Pacific, will hurl against Japan an army greater than the 3,000,000-man force which helped crush the Wehnnacht. Significantly, next day brought word that famed, fighting Admiral "Bull" Halsey was back in the Pacific with his redoubtable Third Fleet (see WORLD BATTLEFRONTS...