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| − | '''Jeremy Boorda''' was chief of naval operations (CNO) of the | + | '''Jeremy Boorda''' was chief of naval operations (CNO) of the [[United States]] [[United States Navy|Navy]] until his apparent suicide in 1996. |
He was the first enlisted man in the Navy's history to become a four-star admiral. [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960517/05170474.htm] | He was the first enlisted man in the Navy's history to become a four-star admiral. [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960517/05170474.htm] | ||
*Mike Kirk and reporter Peter Boyer of PBS's "[[Frontline]]" ... connect Boorda's apparently fatal shame over a planned ''[[Newsweek]]'' expose--a story charging that he wore combat medals he never earned. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/navy/reactions/] | *Mike Kirk and reporter Peter Boyer of PBS's "[[Frontline]]" ... connect Boorda's apparently fatal shame over a planned ''[[Newsweek]]'' expose--a story charging that he wore combat medals he never earned. [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/navy/reactions/] | ||
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Revision as of 02:34, October 24, 2007
Jeremy Boorda was chief of naval operations (CNO) of the United States Navy until his apparent suicide in 1996.
He was the first enlisted man in the Navy's history to become a four-star admiral. [1]