The year ending March 1, 1945 was “without precedent in naval history.” So wrote Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King in a cold and prideful report made public last week. In those twelve months the Navy: ¶ ...

First to sport the new five-star insigne, on the flag of his flagship* last fortnight, was Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King. It consisted of a cluster of five stars set so as to form a pentagon, a ...

Part II of the annual report, 1944/45, of the secretary of the Navy. U.S. Navy Dept. cf. of U.S. Navy Dept. Annual report, 1944/45, letter of transmittal. Each report issued also separately. siris_sil ...