Word: amphibian
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Dates: during 1951-1951
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...captain of the ancient Tennessee ("Old Blisterbutt") about making too much smoke, he coolly signaled back: "Smoke unavoidable. Forced to cut out the boilers and burn garbage to slow down to your speed." In 1944, promoted to rear admiral and assigned to MacArthur's theater; led an amphibian group safely through the Hollandia and Philippine invasions...
McCormick, who had been Acting Chief since Sherman's death, lacked fleet-command experience, and then there were two. The two: Vice Admiral Richard L. ("Close-In") Conolly, World War II amphibian commander, now head of the Naval War College, and Admiral William M. Fechteler, chief of the Atlantic Fleet...