Word: naval
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Carolina's conservative Democrat Burnet Rhett Maybank: "I think MacArthur would have had us do too much with too little, though his theory is right." Also in the middle was Illinois' independent Democrat, Senator Paul Douglas, who would not bomb Chinese bases in China, but advocated a naval blockade of China as well as U.S. aid to Chinese guerrillas on the mainland and "helping smaller units of Chiang's troops, under their own power," to make raids...
Lederer's background qualifies him for what he calls "P-R" work and also for naval leadership: born in New York City, 1912; radio factory worker; school reporter for The New York Times and New York Post; secretary to Heywood Broun; enlisted in Navy to get education; Naval Academy, 1932-36; skipper of cruiser Great Falls in 1945; Navy Cross; Korean War, 1950; author of "All the Ships at Sea," a naval autobiography, and "The Last Cruise." When he is not attending classes or telling sea stories to other Niemans, Lederer can be found in Lowell D-21, where...
...began to tell of his experiences at the Naval Academy. "I loved the midshipman cruises. I loved everything about Annapolis. I cried the day I left. It was like being pushed out of a nest. I was there five years...
...spare time, Bill is trying to write his third book. "I'm writing one on how to write articles for mags. I'm writing it especially for part-time writers like naval officers, housewives, and businessmen. If everyone could only write well, they could make a hell of a lot of money and impart their knowledge to a lot of people...
Conferences Wilson attended included the International Naval Conference of 1908, the Central American Tribunal of 1928, and the Washington Conference on the limitation of Armaments in 1921. He also wrote several books on international...