Forrestal
Americannoun
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“I like to make a loop of the Pirate Trail, Mariposa Trail, Flying Mane Trail, Fossil Trail and back on Forrestal Drive to the starting point.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2024
Remove the Forrestal campus and you could extend the Mall to the south, making room for several museums on the Forrestal site and other plots now linked to the monumental core.
From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2022
When James Forrestal, the secretary of the Navy, who was on the beach below, saw the flag, he requested that it be kept as a memento.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2021
His path to naval greatness took a detour through Vietnam, where he repeatedly sought combat duty, surviving the fire on the USS Forrestal before he was shot down while on a bombing mission on Oct.
From Washington Times • Aug. 26, 2018
One day, on the phone with a State Department official named Mike Forrestal, Ellsberg quoted from a cable that had just come in from the American embassy in Saigon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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