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Elmo Zumwalt. Elmo Russell " Bud " Zumwalt Jr. (November 29, 1920 – January 2, 2000) was a United States Navy officer and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in United States military history, especially during the Vietnam War.
Oct 7, 2016 · Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr. was born in San Francisco, California. He was appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in 1939, graduating in 1942, a year early, due to World War II. His early sea...
USS Zumwalt infographic honors a U.S. legend, Admiral Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, providing a brief history of his naval career, facts about USS Zumwalt, and information about his decorated service....
Aug 14, 1988 · Elmo R. Zumwalt 3d, son of the admiral who ordered the spraying of Agent Orange in Vietnam, and who was exposed to the defoliant himself, died of cancer today at his home. He was 42 years old.
Full Name: Elmo Russell Zumwalt,Jr. Date of Birth: 29 November 1920. Date of Death: 2 January 2000. Prominent Assignments: Nominated on 14 April 1970 by President Nixon to serve as Chief of...
Oct 6, 2016 · Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., a U.S. Navy admiral, whose naval career extended from World War II to the Vietnam War, was the youngest admiral to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As a young man, one of his greatest desires was to become a doctor as both his parents were.
Jan 3, 2000 · Retired Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., who modernized the American Navy through scores of infamous “Z-Gram” directives as its top uniformed commander in the early 1970s, and became personally...
Jan 3, 2000 · Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr., who as chief of naval operations in the early 1970's ordered the Navy to end racial discrimination and demeaning restrictions on sailors, then faced a haunting...
Jan 2, 2000 · Zumwalt, commander of Navy forces during the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1970, believed he inadvertently caused the death of his own son, Elmo Zumwalt III, from cancer by ordering the spraying of...
Feb 14, 2017 · Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr., was born in San Francisco, California, on 29 November 1920. Graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in June 1942, with the accelerated Class of '43, he served mainly in destroyers during World War II and continued in surface ship assignments after the war.
