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.
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.
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