Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...entirely possible that the naval selection board which passed over Captain Hyman Rickover for rear admiral may be operating under a motive not as evident as prejudice. However, on the surface, their actions make us wonder how that board can put forth a defensible explanation of those actions...
...life and times America cannot afford to dispense with the technical knowledge and brilliant accomplishments of the Hyman Rickovers. If special action is needed to retain and utilize the very great capabilities of this man, for us all, then we ask the naval department to take that action...
...admiral has had plenty of experience in both hot and cold warfare. Naval attache in London when World War II broke out, he directed Naval Intelligence for seven months, later commanded task forces in the invasions of Sicily and Normandy. After the war he served as Ambassador to Belgium (1946-49) and the Soviet Union (1949-52). He was the personal choice of the Central Intelligence Agency's Walter Bedell Smith, who preceded Kirk as ambassador in Moscow...
After twelve weeks of training, Peter Forrestal, 21, son of the late Secretary of Defense, was sworn in as an ensign at the United States Naval Station, Long Beach, Calif...
...cloudy morning in August 1945, the B-29 Great Artiste, commanded by Major Charles W. Sweeney of North Quincy, Mass., was flying over Japan. After 50 minutes' unsuccessful search for his target, Major Sweeney asked a naval ordnance observer, Commander Frederick L. Ashworth of Wenham, Mass., what he should do. Try Nagasaki, said Commander Ashworth. With just enough fuel left for a single bomb run, the navigator, Captain James F. Van Pelt Jr. of Oak Hill, W. Va., hit Nagasaki exactly "on the nose." The bombardier, Captain Kermit K. Beaham of Houston, saw a hole in the clouds...