Word: flagships
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they droned off over Japan, others were left behind to fly CAP (combat air patrol). And on the bridge of the Third Fleet's flagship was the tough, stubby seadog whom the Japanese mortally hate & fear. "Bull" Halsey was on the prowl...
...Seed of Hate. To Bull Halsey, the assault was the fulfillment of two longstanding ambitions. Ever since Dec. 7, 1941, he had been obsessed with the desire to hit Japan. That morning, four years ago, as planes flying from his flagship Enterprise to Ford Island were attacked by Zeros, Halsey exploded: "My God, they're shooting at my own boys! Tell Kimmel." Then it dawned on him: Kimmel already knew, and this was war. Halsey, as senior officer afloat, soon got an order to take command of all U.S. warships then at sea in the Pacific...
...most elaborate information service aboard his flagship of any commander afloat. His staff is large and he enjoys hearing it called the "Dirty Tricks Department." Its meetings are what the name implies: Halsey warned an overstarched admiral who joined him: "This is a pretty rough bunch. We don't stand on rank...
They know that the Navy's role has changed. Last week Rear Admiral Arthur W. Radford, a veteran carrier admiral, told correspondents on his Pacific flagship just that. Carriers are no longer needed, he said, to clear the way for amphibious thrusts. He added: "Our job now is to keep our own lines of sea communication open and to assure the strict blockade of Japan...
From Admiral Turner's flagship off Okinawa, CBS's Don Pryor reported that at first, among the crew, "nobody believed it." He heard a sailor remark shortly, "It's like somebody dying in your own family." Reported Douglas Edwards from London: "Everyone here wandered if there couldn't be some mistake." Reported the Blue's Clete Roberts from Rome: "I met an American soldier. He came up to me and said: 'The President is dead. I feel so funny. I've got to talk to somebody.' That was how I learned. . . ." Tchaikovsky...