biography
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Moorer, Thomas H(inman)
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| lived:
| (1912– )
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| biography:
| US naval officer, born in Mount Willing, Alabama, USA. During World War 2 he narrowly escaped death twice - his airplane was shot down and the ship that rescued him was torpedoed (1942). He was commander of the Atlantic Fleet (1965–7), chief of naval operations (1967–70), and chairman of the joint chiefs-of-staff (1970–4) before he retired in 1974. |
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