Word: vaisseau
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Gaulle was a mere lieutenant colonel in the army. For his only son, the promotions have come quicker. Philippe Henri Xavier Antoine de Gaulle, 45, a 6-ft. 3-in. naval officer who is a sort of dejd vu copy of his father, has been commissioned a capitaine de vaisseau (the naval equivalent of full colonel). The change in grade may mean that the capitaine's handsome wife Henriette will get to the Paris Opera less often. This week he takes command of the guided-missile frigate Suffren, based in .the Mediterranean port of Toulon. In their first joint...