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    Ulysses Simpson Grant Sharp Jr. (April 2, 1906 – December 12, 2001) was a four-star admiral of the United States Navy who served as Commander-in-Chief...
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    Fleet Admiral William V. Pratt - Chief of Naval Operations Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. - Commander US Pacific Command Admiral Raymond A. Spruance – Commander...
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    likely that McNamara did not inform either the president or Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. about Herrick's misgivings or Herrick's recommendation for further...
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    Semmes, Jr. James E. Service Sumner Shapiro U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. (2 awards) Harold E. Shear (2 awards) Alan Shepard Lemuel C. Shepherd Jr. Forrest P...
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    him the authority to wage war in Vietnam. McNamara, via Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. of the Pacific fleet, put strong pressure on Herrick to say that...
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    The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant are an autobiography, in two volumes, of Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. The work focuses...
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    S. Grant . . . to the grade of General of the Armies . . . Straus 2024, p. 20. Marquis, Christopher (18 December 2001). "Ulysses S. Grant Sharp Jr., Vietnam...
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    Admiral John S. McCain Jr. became Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command (CINCPAC) replacing Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., his son John S. McCain III, a...
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    tactical operations.: 49–50  The Commander in Chief, Pacific, Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. and the MACV commander, General William Westmoreland, both opposed...
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    were designated as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. In April 1966, Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr., commander in chief of United States Pacific Command, added a seventh...
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    electronic intelligence on the North Vietnamese radar system. Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., the commander of the Pacific fleet ordered Captain John J. Herrick...
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    requested permission to use the Shore Landing Force (SLF) which Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. approved immediately. At the time of the request the amphibious...
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    McNaughton, CIA analyst William Bundy, General Westmoreland, U.S. Navy Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Earle Wheeler...
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    informed Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific forces, that the situation was critical,: 349–351  "I am convinced that U.S. troops with...
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    capturing more than 30 weapons. 3 July MACV sent a request to Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., Commander-in-Chief, Pacific for authorization of a patrol of the...
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  • entrepreneur, cancer. Roger Scotti, 76, French football player. U. S. Grant Sharp, Jr., 95, United States Navy admiral. William Stobie, 51, Northern Irish...
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    Vietnam (MACV), under the command of U.S. Army General Paul D. Harkins, sent a request to Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., CINCPAC (Commander-in-Chief, Pacific)...
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    Admiral Ruthven F. Libby (23 July 1958 – 30 April 1960) Vice Admiral U.S. Grant Sharp Jr. (30 April – 14 July 1960) Vice Admiral Charles L. Melson (14 July...
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    U.S. Army General William C. Westmoreland, U.S. Navy Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Earle G. Wheeler,...
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    Johnson served consecutively as Deputy to Admirals John H. Sides, U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. and Thomas H. Moorer. Admiral Johnson assumed duty as Commander-in-Chief...
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    The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States...
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    assigned to the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command (CINCPAC), Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr., which was responsible for the overall direction...
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    September 1965 Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet, Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr. agreed to transfer common support functions from the navy to the...
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    member of the Montana State Senate, taught at a school in the city U.S. Grant Sharp, Jr., former United States Navy four star admiral and Commander in Chief...
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    February 25, 1992) was a naval aviator in the United States Navy who led U.S. carrier strikes during World War II and later served as commander in chief...
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    Calgary, Alberta Charles Nelson Pray, United States Congressman U.S. Grant Sharp, Jr., four-star admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the United States Pacific...
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    The Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMPACFLT), is the title of the United States Navy officer who commands the United States Pacific Fleet (USPACFLT)...
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    center had direct radio and teletype connections with Admiral U. S. Grant Sharp Jr.'s headquarters in Honolulu and the National Military Command Center...
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    of Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Thomas M. Moorer" (Press release). U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved 2005-03-24. Clarence A. (Mark) Hill Jr (24 February...
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    a $120 million grant program that would fund both the creation and implementation of "comprehensive digital equity plans" in each U.S. state to support...
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