General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Moving Images Relating to Financial, Economic and Tax Policies. 1941 - 1972. quot;WE SAID WE'D COME BACK.quot;

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General Records of the Department of the Treasury. 1775 - 2005. Moving Images Relating to Financial, Economic and Tax Policies. 1941 - 1972. quot;WE SAID WE'D COME BACK.quot;

1944

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Naval power helps recapture Guam. Reel 1, Adm. King introduces the film. Explains the uses of various ships. Shows the battleship Washington and the cruiser San Francisco. A submarine is launched at Manitowoc, Wis. Seabees build an airstrip on a Pacific Island. Reel 2, carrier planes, ships, and troops assault Guam. Diagrams show the size of the Navy. Sec. of the Navy Forrestal reports on the cost of the Navy and the value of Americans' lives.

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King, Ernest Joseph, 1878-1956

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Ernest Joseph King (23 November 1878 – 25 June 1956) was Commander in Chief, United States Fleet (COMINCH) and Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) during World War II. As COMINCH-CNO, he directed the United States Navy's operations, planning, and administration and was a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He was the United States Navy's second most senior officer in World War II after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, who served as Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief. Born in Lorain, Ohio, K...

Forrestal, James, 1892-1949

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James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal came from a very strict middle class Irish Catholic family. He was a successful financier on Wall Street before becoming Undersecretary of the Navy in 1940, shortly before the United States entered the Second World War. He became Secretary of the Navy in May 1944 upon the death of his superior, Frank Knox. Preside...