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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...austere, brassbound Ernie King still did not concede that air power was more important than the Navy's seniority list. In the U.S. Navy, ranking air experts (i.e., admirals who have given their full careers to air power) still hold only second-layer jobs, and Admiral King has shown no sign that he will give them any more recognition until seniority does...
...promotion list, long awaited by the Navy (TIME, Jan. 22, et seg.), surprised no one. Thirty-five line officers' names were on it. Three wingless vice admirals got a fourth star: grizzled 60-year-old Richard S. Edwards, King's deputy COMINCH; shy, barrel-chested Henry K. Hewitt, 58, "Nimitz of the Mediterranean"; suave, salty Thomas C. Kinkaid, 57, boss of the Seventh Fleet and member of MacArthur's famous "K-team" (Kinkaid, Krueger and Kenney). Five rear admirals got three stars-but none of the eight was a naval aviator, and none was under 53. Only...
Shades of sentimental glory, as we this week nominate for a distinguished honor, that of "chow chintz number one." High on the list stand your authors--very high indeed. However, for reasons of bias we exclude ourselves, purely for bias. Ablest, we opine, is Bill Murray, ex-Indiana eager, but he is more or less closely pushed by Ted Marchese who knows not the meaning of the line...
Hayes-B. for "Baby" Wood, the goonboy of the glades, who's another stalwart candidate. Last on our list is our fabled buddie, King Nielsen--tyrant of D-23. His quiet mannerisms perhaps don't match Bill's smoothness or Ted's conversational approach, but "Showers" ain't fur behind...
...remain seated on the low hummocks of satire and humor in the midst of grim events. A satirist at breakfast may get a firm grip on his day's work . . . only to have the whole thing drop out from under him when his eye reaches the casualty list...