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His departure made it almost certain that Harry Truman would pick for the new Cabinet post an early foe of unification who had changed his mind last winter, when the Army withdrew its insistence on a single military commander. The man: Navy Secretary James Forrestal. The best bets to fill...
General Eisenhower bore down on the importance of having U.S. military missions in each of the 20 republics. Navy Secretary James Forrestal pointed out that 100 surplus U.S. warships in friendly Latin navies (including two cruisers to Brazil, one apiece to Chile, Peru, none for Argentina) would help protect the...
In Dubois, Wyo., Navy Secretary James Forrestal's 16-year-old son, Peter, was tossed off his horse, taken to a hospital, treated for chest and shoulder bruises, released.
The House has already cut the Army's $6 billion budget request by $436 million. Last week Navy Secretary James Forrestal appeared before a Senate appropriations subcommittee to battle another
Messersmith's probable successor was smooth, amiable James Bruce, 54, vice president of the National Dairy Products Corp. Son of Maryland's onetime Democratic Senator, Princeton-mate of Navy Secretary James Forrestal, James Bruce was no trained diplomat. Aside from a short tour as assistant military attache in...