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Page 165
... President and soon to become his precedent - shattering White House chief of staff , urged consideration of his good friend and Naval Academy classmate Hart . This highly talented officer's age would make it his last crack at the job ...
... President and soon to become his precedent - shattering White House chief of staff , urged consideration of his good friend and Naval Academy classmate Hart . This highly talented officer's age would make it his last crack at the job ...
Page 166
... President , I still do not believe it , and I know that our fleet is disadvantageously disposed for preparing for or initiating war opera- tions . " The President was adamant , saying that returning the fleet to the west coast would be ...
... President , I still do not believe it , and I know that our fleet is disadvantageously disposed for preparing for or initiating war opera- tions . " The President was adamant , saying that returning the fleet to the west coast would be ...
Page 272
... President's message . He was saying , in effect , " I understand what you are up to , and now that the Japanese know Isabel to be a U.S. warship , they are not going to sink her . " Some historians have seized on Roosevelt's proclivity ...
... President's message . He was saying , in effect , " I understand what you are up to , and now that the Japanese know Isabel to be a U.S. warship , they are not going to sink her . " Some historians have seized on Roosevelt's proclivity ...
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