James Forrestal

James Vincent Forrestal , born the February 15th 1892 and deceased the May 22nd 1949, was an American military personality, Secrétaire with the Navy of the United States and the first Secrétaire with Defense of the the United States. He was a burning defender of the naval battles carried out starting from Porte-avions. The recent department of the Air force opposed its plans to work out the new ones, affirming that operations could be accomplished starting from bases on the ground. Some affirm that the main cause of the divorce between Forrestal and its theses and the Air force - in addition to the attacks and pressures in its connection taking into consideration its position on the new State of Israel - its were supposed mental problems and its Suicide. One year after its death, its theories, defended during the War of Korea, showed the crucial role of the aircraft carriers for the future wars. The first American aircraft carrier of class “Supercarrier” (giant aircraft carrier) was baptized name of US Forrestal in its honor.

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