biography
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Kimmel, Husband Edward
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| lived:
| (1882–1968)
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| biography:
| Naval officer, born in Henderson, Kentucky, USA. At the time of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor he was the commander-in-chief of the US fleet. He was suspended from command, and a presidential board of inquiry found him guilty of dereliction of duty (1942), but a naval court found no blame or mistakes in his judgment (1944). He published his side of the controversy in Admiral Kimmel's Story (1955). |
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