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...about time that the Navy's "brazen prejudice" be exposed as in the the case of Captain Hyman Rickover [TIME Aug. 4]. Although this case appears a little unusual, it is not the first instance where the Legion of Merit was soon followed by the order of the boot...
...entirely possible that the naval selection board which passed over Captain Hyman Rickover for rear admiral may be operating under a motive not as evident as prejudice. However, on the surface, their actions make us wonder how that board can put forth a defensible explanation of those actions...
...life and times America cannot afford to dispense with the technical knowledge and brilliant accomplishments of the Hyman Rickovers. If special action is needed to retain and utilize the very great capabilities of this man, for us all, then we ask the naval department to take that action...
Your article about Captain Hyman Rick over made a good story. I hope the reason why Rickover was turned down was not be cause his first name is Hyman...
...Navy's three-year campaign to get started on the revolutionary carrier, a campaign bound up in the argument between Navy and Air Force over the Navy's persistent attempts to edge into the Air Force's field of strategic bombing. In 1948, Navy Captain Hyman Rickover, an engineering officer and atomic specialist working on an atomic submarine design (TIME, Sept. 3, 1951), convinced Navy brass that an atomic carrier was possible too. The Navy held its fire until it had sold the submarine plan to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, knowing that the early developmental work...