Word: navale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...raised his hand to be sworn in as Chief of Naval Operations, quiet, brilliant Admiral Forrest P. Sherman (TIME, Nov. 7) could not conquer telltale signs of strain and emotion. His voice was firm as he vowed to defend the country against "all enemies, foreign or domestic . . ." But as the ceremony went on, in Navy Secretary Francis P. Matthews' big, well-furnished office, he seemed almost on the verge of breaking down...
Despite some officers' worst fears, the new CNO said no heads would roll. Naval Aviator Sherman asked Vice Admiral John Dale Price, Denfeld's vice chief of operations and an airman, to stay on at his job until spring. After that, Rear Admiral Lynde Dupuy McCormick, a submariner, now boss of the 12th Naval District, will become vice chief. The Navy's two top jobs are usually split between a seagoing admiral and an airman. Sherman abolished Operation 23, which had been disseminating anonymous pro-Navy propaganda during the months of political feuding, but took no punitive...
...also made it plain that he had not become CNO to preside over the liquidation of the Navy. As the first up-from-the-cockpit air admiral ever to achieve the top job of the service, he was for keeping naval aviation strong, and said so. None of this meant that he would have any easy time in restoring harmony. But it made Navy hotheads reconsider: Sherman, an officer of sharp intellect and steely determination, would probably be able to argue the Navy's case, within the limits of unification, better than anyone in the service...
Adams may produce a secret weapon in the form of fullback Guck Mahoney, who has announced that be may play tomorrow in spite of hour exams this week and lack of practice. Mahoney, former netfolk, Virginia, Naval Base star, is reputed to have thrown a 70-yard pass in his first intra-service game and can run 100-yards in ten seconds...
Task Force. The ups & downs, through the years, of U.S. naval aviation, with a factual core of spectacular Navy combat films and fictional trimmings involving Gary Cooper (TIME...