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    Ulysses Simpson Grant Sharp Jr. (April 2, 1906 – December 12, 2001) was a United States Navy four star admiral who served as Commander in Chief, United...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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