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...Anyone Can." Tom Moorer's promotion to Norfolk came as no surprise to his colleagues. Says Admiral Ulysses S. Grant Sharp, commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific: "We've worked together for many years; he's a brilliant man. While he gets along so very well with everyone, you mustn't get the impression he's easygoing. He stands up for his programs, and he's very persuasive. If anyone can get along with De Gaulle...
...Moorer's subordinates agree. Information Officer Robert Brett, who has worked with the admiral for more than two years, cites a recent occasion when Moorer was ordered to present a briefing. Moorer asked Brett for a look at some photographic slides that were to be shown. "He took out each slide and held it up to the window of the plane and looked at it for just a moment and put it back in. He went through 25, one after another. And then he said, 'Okay, now let's see if I have them...
...Worry." Born in Alabama, Moorer was his high school class's va'e-dictorian at 15, had to wait around for two years before he could pick up his appointment to the class of 1933 at Annapolis. He was a Navy pilot at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck, came out of the war an authentic hero with a boxful of medals, including the Purple Heart, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Silver Star...
Early in the war, Lieut. Moorer and a seven-man crew were flying a PBY-5 reconnaissance mission out of Port Dar win, Australia, when they were attacked by Japanese Zeros. Wounded in the thigh, his plane riddled and burning, Moorer set the plane down in the sea and climbed into a raft with...
...Philippine merchant ship. He was sitting on the fantail of the ship when the enemy planes reappeared and began a bombing run. "Don't worry!" called the Philippine skipper. "They've been doing that all day long. They can't hit anything!" Replied Moorer: "We're not worried-yet!" But a direct hit changed his mind, and Moorer and his crew jumped overboard. Minutes later the merchant ship sank. Four men were killed, including one of Moorer's own men, but the 40 survivors rowed to a small island, where they were picked...