NAVY: Honors for Taussig

The U.S. Navy last week honored a sailorman who had dared to think out loud. Giving up his last command (of the Norfolk Naval District) and preparing to retire after 42 years of service, Rear Admiral Joseph Knefler Taussig received 1) a formal commendation from the Secretary of the Navy, 2) notice that on retirement he will be promoted to Vice Admiral.

The Navy does not object to thought as such, but prefers to have it muted. Gutty, caustic Joseph Taussig never muted his ideas on reforming the cumbersome naval bureau system, reorganizing the fleets, pussyfooting with the Japanese, many another...

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