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SUBJ/PASSING OF ADMIRAL THOMAS H. MOORER, USN (RET)//
 
RMKS/1.  IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT I ANNOUNCE THE 5 FEBRUARY
PASSING OF ADMIRAL THOMAS HINMAN MOORER, USN (RET).  HE WAS 91.
ADMIRAL MOORER'S LEADERSHIP HAD A PROFOUND IMPACT ON OUR INSTITUTION
AND A PERSONAL INFLUENCE ON MANY OF US WHO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
SERVE UNDER HIM.  HE DISPLAYED EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE BOTH IN COMBAT
AND IN THE PROCESS OF INSTITUTING POSITIVE CHANGE THROUGHOUT OUR
MILITARY.  ADMIRAL MOORER WILL BE BURIED WITH FULL HONORS AT
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEREMONY, 24 FEBRUARY AT 1300.
 
2.  BORN FEBRUARY 9, 1912, IN MOUNT WILLING, ALABAMA, ADMIRAL
MOORER GRADUATED FROM THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1933.  AFTER
COMPLETING NAVAL AVIATION TRAINING AT THE PENSACOLA NAVAL AIR
STATION IN 1936, HE FLEW WITH FIGHTER SQUADRONS BASED ON THE
CARRIERS LANGLEY, LEXINGTON AND ENTERPRISE.  ADMIRAL MOORER WAS
SERVING WITH PATROL SQUADRON TWENTY-TWO AT PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII,
WHEN THE JAPANESE ATTACKED IN DECEMBER 1941.  HIS SQUADRON
SUBSEQUENTLY PARTICIPATED IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES CAMPAIGN IN THE
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC WHERE HE FLEW NUMEROUS COMBAT MISSIONS.  MOORER
RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART AFTER BEING SHOT DOWN AND WOUNDED OFF THE
COAST OF AUSTRALIA IN FEBRUARY 1942 AND THEN SURVIVING AN ATTACK ON
THE RESCUE SHIP, WHICH WAS SUNK BY ENEMY ACTION THE SAME DAY.
MOORER RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS FOR HIS VALOR THREE
MONTHS LATER WHEN HE BRAVED JAPANESE AIR SUPERIORITY TO FLY SUPPLIES
INTO AND EVACUATE WOUNDED OUT OF THE ISLAND OF TIMOR.  HIS TOURS
AFLOAT INCLUDED OPERATIONS OFFICER ABOARD USS MIDWAY AND ON THE
STAFF OF COMMANDER CARRIER DIVISION FOUR, ATLANTIC FLEET.  PROMOTED
TO VICE ADMIRAL IN 1962, MOORER TOOK COMMAND OF THE SEVENTH FLEET,
AND IN JUNE 1964 BECAME COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE PACIFIC FLEET AS A
FULL ADMIRAL.  ONE YEAR LATER, HE TOOK COMMAND OF NATO'S U.S.
ATLANTIC COMMAND AND THE U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET, BECOMING THE FIRST
NAVAL OFFICER TO COMMAND BOTH THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC FLEETS.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON APPOINTED HIM CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IN 1967,
AND AFTER SERVING ALMOST THREE YEARS, PRESIDENT NIXON SELECTED HIM
TO BE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF WHERE HE BECAME THE
FIRST NAVAL OFFICER TO HOLD THIS POSITION IN 13 YEARS.  ADMIRAL
MOORER SERVED AS THE SEVENTH CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS FOR FOUR
YEARS.  ON JULY 2, 1974, ADMIRAL MOORER RETIRED FROM ACTIVE
DUTY.  HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, THE FORMER CARRIE ELLEN FOY, AND
THEIR FOUR CHILDREN.
 
3.  RELEASED BY ADMIRAL VERN CLARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.//
 
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