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The Moorer-Radford Affair was a political scandal involving members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who operated an espionage operation against President Richard Nixon's Cabinet, from 1970 to 1971. [ 1 ]
Thomas Hinman Moorer (February 9, 1912 – February 5, 2004) was an admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy who served as the 18th Chief of Naval Operations from 1967 to 1970 and 7th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974. [1]
Joseph Park Moorer (October 18, 1922 – February 26, 2014) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. Born in Mount Willing, Alabama, he was the younger brother of Admiral Thomas Hinman Moorer. [1] [2] Joe Moorer graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1941 and served in the Pacific Theater in World War II and in the Vietnam War. [1]
The Navy's annual Admiral Boorda award was established and first awarded in 2003. [33] The award recognizes a Navy military and civilian individual. The call for nominations for the 2015 award indicated that the award was intended for those who have made significant contributions towards Navy personnel readiness either through research or ...
The bombings had been reported as protective reaction strikes when, in fact, there had been no enemy firings. [6] On March 21, Admiral Moorer, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent a top secret message to 7th Air Force, warning that "the increased number of protective reaction strikes since Jan 1, 1972 has attracted a considerable ...
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Roy L. Johnson was born on March 18, 1906, in Eunice, Louisiana, to John Edward Johnson and the former Hetty Mae Long, as the eldest of 12 children.He completed high school and earned an appointment to the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland on June 15, 1925.
Three hundred love letters written during WWII were discovered in a trunk and tell the story of a forbidden love between two gay men.