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    James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States...
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    the United States Navy in the 1950s. The class ship was named for James Forrestal, the first United States Secretary of Defense. It was the first class...
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    USS Forrestal (CVA-59) (later CV-59, then AVT-59), was a supercarrier named after the first United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal. Commissioned...
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    The James V. Forrestal Building is a low-rise Brutalist office building in Washington, D.C. Originally known as Federal Office Building 5, and nicknamed...
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  • including the ATC, NSTX, and LTX. PPPL is located on Princeton University's Forrestal Campus in Plainsboro Township, New Jersey. In 1950, John Wheeler was setting...
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    critical reports about the treatment of US Secretary of Defense James V. Forrestal. Forrestal, whom President Harry S. Truman had forced to resign, had committed...
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  • Forrestal may refer to: James Forrestal (1892–1949), United States Secretary of Defense USS Forrestal, United States Navy aircraft carrier 1967 USS Forrestal...
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    phrase attributed to United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal in 1949. In full, Forrestal said "The Russians are coming. The Russians are coming...
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    On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire...
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    Kennan revised a piece he had submitted to Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal in late January 1947, but his role in government precluded him from...
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    took effect on September 18, 1947, the day after the Senate confirmed James Forrestal as the first secretary of defense. The act merged the Department of...
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    the Navy in hopes of building bipartisan support. Knox brought in James Forrestal as the under secretary. They presided over a massive naval buildup...
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    address. It is just north of Princeton University's Forrestal campus and is named for James Forrestal. The center is anchored by Can Do Fitness (an upscale...
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    word originated in a report Kennan submitted to US Defense Secretary James Forrestal in 1947, which was later used in a Foreign Affairs article. In a broader...
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    unit award that was established by order of the Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal on 18 December 1944. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps commands may recommend...
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    secretaries maintained cabinet status. The first secretary of defense, James Forrestal, who in his previous capacity as the secretary of the Navy had opposed...
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    of Texas at Austin. During World War II, he served on the staff of James Forrestal and Dwight D. Eisenhower before transferring to the Asiatic-Pacific...
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    land military used the title of "General-in-Chief" beginning with Gen. James Wilkinson (1757-1825), and later for several decades of commanding Gen....
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    decision and recommended a court-martial, which Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal later convened. McVay was charged with failing to zigzag and failure...
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    1945 15 December 1947 2 years, 0 days Submarines James Forrestal John L. Sullivan James Forrestal (from Sep. 1947) 11 Denfeld, Louis EmilAdmiral Louis E...
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    directed 1995 Irish-British drama film Nothing Personal, alongside John Lynch, James Frain and Michael Gambon, for which, Hart won the Volpi Cup for best supporting...
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    Forrestal, Forristal, Forestell, or Forstall (Irish: Ó Fuireastal), is an ancient Irish surname from the southeast of Ireland, and still exists today...
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    Forrestal was born in New York City on November 26, 1927 to James Forrestal and Josephine Forrestal. His father served as Secretary of the Navy before becoming...
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    Truman discussed these actions. United States Secretary of Defense James Forrestal paraphrased Truman as saying "there will be further dropping of the...
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  • members" of Majestic 12. Lloyd Berkner Detlev Bronk Vannevar Bush James Forrestal Gordon Gray Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter Jerome Clarke Hunsaker Donald H...
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  • prominent UFOlogy events such as Area 51, alien autopsies, the death of James Forrestal and Majestic-12. The script was based on the book UFO Crash at Roswell...
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    by Hobe Sound is the brief stay there of former Defense Secretary James Forrestal in 1949 between his resignation from that post and his death. Around...
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  • flag to cheers from the beaches and the ships. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, who witnesses the flag raising as he lands on the beach, requests...
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    derelict. Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal had ordered the 1944 Board of Inquiry, Upon reviewing the report, Forrestal felt that the court had been...
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    demobilization of the officer and enlisted members, Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Fleet Admiral Ernest King, and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz all commended...
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