Word: naval
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...eagle in the air and the whale in the sea cannot conquer the elephant in the jungle. Our overwhelming air and naval supremacy, even our bomb, cannot prevail over China's 700 million people. China warns it will not sit idly by if we attack, and made good a similar threat in Korea in 1952. Must we risk World War ITI to settle a pint-sized civil war in a feudal enclave 7,000 miles away...
...military man in Norfolk wears three hats and controls one of the most complex and sensitive commands in the free world. A Navy officer, he is Commander in Chief, Atlantic Fleet, head of all U.S. naval ships and planes in the Atlantic. He is also Commander in Chief, Atlantic, boss of a unified command that gives him control of all U.S. troops in the Atlantic area. And he is Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic-NATO's top sailor-which means that he must be versed in diplomacy as well as war. To this demanding post, President Johnson has appointed Four...
...became the youngest man ever to be promoted to admiral. He has been steaming ahead at flank speed ever since. And most Navymen agree that he has even brighter prospects ahead. Said CINCPAC's Admiral Sharp last week: "Tom is an outstanding candidate for the next Chief of Naval Operations...
...China's vast army, American military superiority is overwhelming in any situation where air and seapower can be brought to bear. Mao Tse-tung seems determined to avoid any such situation. Protesting a little too much, an editorial in People's Daily last week asked: "What is naval and air superiority after all? Even if twelve American aircraft carriers are deployed in this area, it would only mean twelve more airports on the ocean. What can they do, since the outcome of the war in Viet Nam must be decided on the ground...
Born in Cincinnati in 1916, Anderson entered Harvard from St. Paul's School. Later he studies naval architecture at M.I.T...