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Arleigh Burke is known to many as the father of the modern U.S. Navy, and his impact on the course of naval warfare continues to be felt today. This biography follows Burke"s distinguished career from his early days at the Naval Academy, through his dramatic World War II destroyer exploits in the Solomons that earned him the nickname "31-Knot Burke," to his participation in the carrier operations that spearheaded the Navy"s drive across the Pacific. The book also fully examines Burke"s postwar service, including his unprecedented six-year tenure as Chief of Naval Operations from 1955 to 1961, when he was a strong advocate of carrier aviation and nuclear propulsion and was a major force in developing the Navy"s Polaris missile program. Awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation"s highest civilian honor, in 1977, Burke became the first living U.S. naval officer to have a class of ships named after him, the Arleigh Burke guided-missile destroyers.
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