Word: surfacemen
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Dates: during 1946-1946
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More important than the admirals' birth dates was their break from battleship thinking. Of ten top-rankers who will be closest to Submariner Nimitz, four are high-octane airmen (King had only one); three are submariners; two are surfacemen but amphibious specialists. Only holdover, Admiral Farber is a battleship man. Among Ernie King's top nine advisers were six "turtlebacks...
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