The king bee : a biography of Admiral Ben Moreell /

Ben Moreell was the first non-Naval Academy graduate to be awarded the four stars of an Admiral. He is still the only staff corps officer to be promoted to Admiral. The history of the U.S. Navy Seabees and the biography of Admiral Ben Moreell are inseparable. Immediately after the Japanese attack on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Olsen, A. N.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [New York] : [Naval Institute Press], ©2007.
Subjects:
Moreell, Ben, > 1892-1978.
Moreell, Ben, > 1892-1978
United States. > Navy. > Seabees > History.
United States. > Navy > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Navy
United States. > Navy. > Seabees
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
HISTORY > Military > Naval.
Armed Forces > Officers
Biographies
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Ben Moreell was the first non-Naval Academy graduate to be awarded the four stars of an Admiral. He is still the only staff corps officer to be promoted to Admiral. The history of the U.S. Navy Seabees and the biography of Admiral Ben Moreell are inseparable. Immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he began forming the construction units that ultimately became known as the Seabees. The first battalion of Seabees deployed from the U.S. on 27 Jan. '42. This instantaneous effort to recruit, train, organize, equip and deploy a military unit is still recognized as an amazing achievem.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations
ISBN:9781612511085
1612511082

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