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7. The father of a good friend of ours was a Sec. of the Navy that Nixon hated

Reply to Calista241 (Original post)

Fri Aug 7, 2020, 12:53 AM

Aug 2020

He was the first to allow women and blacks to become officers, and Nixon hated him for it. The rank and file loved him, of course. He was white, but he broke a lot of ground for those that came after him

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