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Zumwalt

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by Larry Berman


  Richardson, Elliot L., 345

  Richmond, Calif., 29–30

  Ricketts, 197, 199, 463

  Rickover, Hyman, 118–23, 130, 159–60, 162, 218, 234–35, 298, 305, 389, 471

  character and personality of, 118–23, 143–45, 160, 460, 461–62

  ERZ’s interview with, 119–23, 143

  Nitze and, 143–47

  Ricks, W. P., 295

  Rivers, Mendel, 300

  Robb, Chuck, 416, 490

  Robertson, Horace B., Jr. (Robbie), 139, 151, 261, 459, 478

  Robertson, Trish, 151

  Robinson, Joan, 326

  Robinson, Rembrandt, 239, 289, 326–28, 344, 481

  Robinson, 4, 5, 75, 78–83, 85, 87, 91–94, 97, 102, 358, 453, 455

  Rockefeller, David, 141

  Rockefeller, Nelson, 216, 373

  Rodman, Peter, 319, 323

  Roedel, Joe, 124, 125

  Rogers, William, 216, 313, 319

  Roman Empire, 54–55

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 60, 62

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 422-23

  Rostow, Eugene, 381, 409

  Rowen, Henry, 133, 346, 463

  Rucker, Colby Guequierre, 27

  Rumsfeld, Donald, 139

  Rusk, Dean, 131, 141

  Russell, Richard, 139, 141–42, 144

  Russia, 24, 32

  Russian language, 5, 19, 89–90, 93, 455

  Russian Orthodox Church, 91–92

  Russian Revolution, 88

  Rutherford Preparatory School, 38–39, 67

  Sabin, Lorenzo S., Jr., 247

  Sacramento Valley, 28

  Saigon, 17, 161, 168–71, 176–79, 193, 220, 306, 322, 329–30, 383–85

  evacuation of, 383–85

  fall of, 385

  Vietnamese Naval Shipyard in, 172

  Saigon River, 11, 183, 203

  St. Anthony’s Catholic Church, 391

  St. Elmo (Evans), 28

  Salt Lake Tribune, 374–75

  Salzer, Robert, 171, 178–79, 181, 183, 222–23, 287–88, 465

  Sanctuary, 268

  San Diego, Calif., 6–7, 78, 111–12, 154–55, 182, 247, 279–80, 283–84, 397

  San Francisco, Calif., 27, 29, 30, 35, 70, 72, 74, 95, 97, 167

  San Joaquin Valley, 28, 29

  Saratoga, 274

  Saufley, 93–99

  Savo Island, Battle of, 71–73

  Schecter, Arnold, 413

  Schifter, Richard, 23–24, 400, 420

  Schlesinger, James Rodney, 24, 345–46, 348–53, 355–60, 362–66, 368, 371–73, 377, 473, 484

  Schreadley, Richard L., 466–7

  Scott, William, 381, 391

  Scowcroft, Brent, 323, 351

  Seattle, Wash., 70, 77, 97–98, 394, 396–97

  Seaver, Blanche, 247, 473

  Second Barbary War, 41

  Senate, U.S., 138, 351, 361

  Armed Services Committee of, 139–42, 143, 144, 223–24, 341–43, 409, 482

  ERZ’s campaign for, 380–81, 385–91

  Foreign Relations Committee of, 417

  Senate Democratic Campaign Committee, 387

  Serra, H. Lawrence, 466

  Seven Days in May (Stewart), 335

  Severn River, 47, 228

  Shanghai, 5, 19, 85–97, 101

  Sharp, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., 135–36, 303

  Shear, Harold E., 370

  Shepherd, Burton, 22, 162, 326, 343

  Sherwood, John, 263

  Shine, Kenneth, 411

  Shultz, George, 318, 409

  Sihanouk, Prince, 177

  Sihanoukville, 186

  Singapore, 132, 226

  Smedberg, William, III, 129, 294–95, 461–62

  Socrates, 150

  Song Ong Doc River, 183, 186, 466

  Sontag, Sherry, 346

  “Sound of Music, The,” 371–72

  South America, 103

  Southeast Asia Lake Ocean River Delta Strategy, see Vietnam War, Operation SEALORDS in

  Southern California, University of, Keck Medical School of, 30

  South Vietnam, 131–32, 169–74, 240, 306, 314, 381–85

  Ca Mau Province in, 16, 182–83, 206, 468

  ERZ’s sponsorship of families from, 7–8

  fall of, 7

  North Vietnam offensive against, 160–62, 164, 272–75

  pacification process in, 182–83

  refugees from, 25, 393

  Rung Sat Special Zone (RSSZ) in, 11, 203–4

  see also Vietnam War

  South Vietnamese navy, 7, 169, 171, 174, 182, 183, 185, 221–22, 225, 253, 384

  Accelerated Turnover Plan (ACTOV) for, 190–92, 205–10, 212, 213, 384–85

  Operation Helping Hand for, 209, 474

  Soviet army, 89

  Soviet merchant fleet, 240

  Soviet Navy, 244

  nuclear powered submarines of, 147, 238, 240, 346

  U.S. Navy vs., 11–12, 124–25, 134–35, 145, 147, 217, 231, 237–42, 472, 473

  Soviet Union, 48–49, 50, 131, 211–12, 218, 224

  arms buildup of, 24, 141, 237–42

  problems of succession in, 128, 129

  support of Egypt and Syria by, 350

  totalitarian rule of, 141

  U.S. relations with, 312–13, 315–16, 346–49, 351, 363

  U.S. strategic-arms negotiations with, 312, 315–16, 346–48, 352–53, 364–68, 377, 378

  see also Cuban Missile Crisis

  Spain, 130

  Spiro, Mike, 20, 193, 217, 227, 261, 420, 467

  Stalin, Joseph, 89

  State Department, U.S., 96, 127, 130, 289, 312, 314, 315, 331–32, 364

  Policy Planning Staff of, 128

  Stennis, John, 222, 223, 341, 479

  Stephens, Mel, 213

  Stevenson, Adlai, 137

  Stewart, W. Donald, 333–35

  Stillwell, Paul, 63, 136, 223, 328, 444, 452, 461, 465

  Stockdale, James, 247

  Stockman, David, 408

  Stoddert, Benjamin, 257

  Stout, Mary, 404

  Strategic Air Command, 238

  Strategic Arms Limitations Talks (SALT), 226, 240–41, 315–16, 318, 346–48, 352–53, 364–68, 377, 378, 387–88

  Phase II of, 321, 323, 324, 347–48, 366, 387, 408

  Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 409

  Stribling, Cornelius Kinchiloe, 41

  Stryker, Joe Warren, 43, 249

  Sturgeon, 160

  Subic Bay Naval Base, 275, 284, 392

  submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), 346

  Surigao Strait, 73, 79–80

  Surigao Strait, Battle of, 79–83, 226, 453

  Swift Boats (PCFs), 6, 9, 16, 17, 72, 171, 177–78, 180, 182–84, 198–203, 207, 209, 465, 468–69

  Switzerland, 28, 50, 108

  Symington, Stuart, 139, 140

  Syria, 348, 350–51

  Szulc, Tad, 349, 485

  Taipei, 226

  Taiwan, 292–93

  Tan Son Nhut Air Base, 169

  Tartar surface-to-air missiles, 332–33

  Tecumseh, 41–42, 228

  Terrier surface-to-air missiles, 123–24

  Thai Air Force, 178

  Thailand, 132, 393

  Thant, U, 137

  Thermidor, 271, 475

  Thomas, E. Donnall, 394, 399

  Thomas, William N., 66, 67, 68

  Thompson, William (Bill), 147–49, 151–52, 261, 273–74, 284–85, 287–88, 297–98, 408, 460

  Thompson, Llewellyn, 128

  Thompson, Nicholas, 139, 462, 487

  Thompson, Zum, 151

  Thoughts of a Philosophical Fighter Pilot (Stockdale), 247

  Threshold Test Ban, 352, 364

  Thurmond, Strom, 139, 141–42

  Thuy Dong, 194

  Tidd, Emmett, 174, 233, 255, 464

  Tills, 107

  Time, 12

  ERZ cover story in, 1–2, 390, 443

>   Timmons, William, 310

  Tinian, 79

  Tippecanoe, Battle of, 41

  “To Be Equal” (Jordan), 287

  Tonkin Gulf, 168, 273, 275

  Toulon, Al, 168

  Toulon, Betsy, 168

  Tower, John, 223–24

  Townsend, Marland, 275–78

  Train, Harry, 17, 214, 228, 328, 469

  Transmittal of Documents from the National Security Council to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 341

  Treasury Department, U.S., 178

  Truman, Harry, 105, 128

  Committee on Treatment and Opportunity formed by, 257

  1948. armed services integration mandate of, 304

  Tulare, Calif., 4, 28–38, 56–57, 85, 102, 108, 120, 217, 224, 263, 380

  Sycamore Avenue in, 33–34, 36, 45, 57, 58, 63, 99–100

  “Zumwalt Day” in, 31

  Zumwalt Park in, 31

  Tulare Union High School, 27, 37–38, 45

  Turner, Stansfield, 213, 217, 229, 232–35, 357

  Twenty-ninth Army Evacuation Hospital, 196

  Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), 283, 288, 291

  United Fruit Company, 70

  United Nations, 23, 137, 139, 140, 141

  United States:

  dependence on overseas raw materials by, 236–37

  isolationism in, 55, 58

  nuclear power of, 121–22, 140, 161, 237–41

  Vam Co Dong River, 178, 185–86, 406

  Vam Co Tay River, 178, 185–86, 406

  Vance, Cyrus, 137, 138, 144, 162, 322

  Veterans Administration, 11, 357, 404

  Veterans Affairs Department, U.S., 404

  Veterans for Clinton/Gore National Steering Committee, 3, 418

  Veth, Kenneth, 163, 168–74, 192

  Vietcong (VC), 6, 9, 16, 164, 176, 177, 180, 182, 183, 203–4, 253, 382, 465

  women of, 267

  Vietnam, 6, 23, 24, 183

  demilitarized zone (DMZ) of, 171, 272

  Nitze-Zumwalt policy on, 131–32, 168–69

  return of ERZ to, 413–16

  sanctions lifted against, 418

  U.S. relations with, 3, 418

  see also North Vietnam; South Vietnam

  Vietnam ACTOV Personal Response Program, 252

  Vietnam Assistance for the Handicapped (VNAH), 413, 415

  Vietnamese air force, 253

  Vietnamese Naval Academy, 206, 207

  Vietnamese Naval Training Center, 207

  Vietnam Memorial, 10

  Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), 404, 411

  Vietnam War, 5–10, 20, 21, 22, 160–64, 229, 244, 250, 272–79

  Agent Orange and, see Agent Orange

  ailments related to service in, 3, 9–10, 11, 392–99

  Easter Offensive in, 272–75, 279

  ERZ as Commander of U.S. Naval Forces in, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9–10, 16–17, 111, 164–212, 224, 245, 297, 412, 421

  Operation Game Warden in, 171–72, 184

  Operation Giant Slingshot in, 182, 406

  Operation Linebacker in, 273

  Operation Market Time in, 171–72, 184, 187, 255, 462

  Operation Ranch Hand in, 407

  Operation Sea Float in, 182–83, 186, 203, 206, 208, 253

  Operation SEALORDS in, 16, 179–80, 182, 183–84, 193, 201, 203, 231, 464

  Operation Search Turn in, 178, 182

  peace treaty negotiations on, 272, 305–6, 313, 318, 348

  search-and-destroy missions in, 16, 171, 172

  stalemate status of, 161, 169

  termination of, 312, 313, 382

  Tet Offensive of, 160–62, 164, 168, 192, 203

  U.S. Army in, 161, 163–64, 168, 170, 172

  U.S. Naval casualties of, 9–10, 185, 193, 195, 196–97, 202

  U.S. Vietnamization policy in, 169, 187–91, 205–10, 223, 225, 272, 273

  veterans of, 8, 9–10, 11, 398, 399, 403–4, 408

  weekly intelligence estimates updates (WIEU) on, 170

  Vincennes, 71–72

  Vinh Te Canal, 177, 178, 184–85, 194–95

  Vinson, Carl, 297, 299–301

  Virginia, 28, 385–89

  Virtuous Grace, SS, 28

  Vreeland, 265

  Vreeland Racial Anthropology Session, 265

  Wages, Clarence J. “Jerry,” 11, 15, 204, 412, 468

  Wall Street Journal, 218–19

  Ward, J. D., 279–82, 304, 477

  War Department, U.S., 128

  Warner, John, 294–95, 469, 477, 478

  ERZ and, 213, 216–17, 281, 283–84, 290, 298–300, 339, 342, 355–56, 358, 387, 416–17

  War of 1812, 28, 41

  Washington, D.C., 8, 20, 46, 63, 96, 115, 127–29, 154, 155–56, 213–17, 281

  Washington, George, 248

  Washington, Walter, 216

  Washington Post, 85, 138, 218, 385, 450

  Washington Special Action Group (WSAG), 331, 332, 351

  Washington Star, 306–7, 389

  Watergate scandal, 311, 323, 324–25, 345, 349, 353, 359, 382–83

  Plumber operation and, 324, 332, 337, 340

  Watke, L. E., 64–65

  Watkins, Jim, 339

  weapons of mass destruction, 3, 10, 419

  Weinberger, Caspar, 413

  Weisner, Maurice “Mickey,” 357–59

  Welander, Robert O., 328–29, 332–33, 336, 338–43, 367

  Westmoreland, William C., 161, 168, 172, 413

  West Point, N.Y., U.S. Military Academy at, 36–37, 43, 73

  Weygand, Maxime, 49, 50

  Wheelabrator-Frye, 378

  Wheeler, Earle, 214, 218

  Whidbey Naval Air Station, 221

  White House, 2, 91, 96, 136, 138, 239, 354

  Wikner, N. Fred, 348, 352–53

  Willkie, Wendell, 60

  Wilson, Charlie, 372

  Wilson, Jerry, 372

  Wisconsin, 107–9, 113

  Wofford, Cindy, 21–22

  Wolfowitz, Paul, 393–94

  Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES), 254, 267

  Woodbury, Dave, 15, 175–76, 371–72

  Works Progress Administration (WPA), 60

  World Council of Churches, 139–40

  World War I, 106–7

  World War II, 31, 43, 46, 70, 106–7, 112, 211, 273, 303, 304, 369

  Aleutian campaign of, 74, 75–78, 451

  battles of, 2, 71–74, 79–83

  ERZ’s service in, 2, 3, 4, 5, 70–85, 198, 421

  European theater of, 48–50

  Great Britain in, 48–50, 52, 55, 60

  Japanese surrender in, 85

  Pacific theater of, 2, 5, 70–85

  Wright, Christina “Aunt Tina,” 105, 217–18

  Xuan Thuy, 318

  Yahya Khan, Agha Mohammad, 313–14, 330

  Yale Law School, 320

  Yangtze River, 5, 85–86, 94–95

  Yates, Earl “Buddy,” 221

  Yiddish language, 32

  Young, David, 322, 323, 332–34

  Zakheim, Dov, 14, 33, 447

  Zeilin, 70–72, 451

  Zellars, 99–100, 102–4, 450

  Zhou Enlai, 313–14, 329, 336

  zum Wald, Andreas, 28

  zum Wald, Anna Regina, 28

  zum Wald, Jacob, 28

  zum Wald, Mary, 28

  Zumwalt, Bruce Craig (brother), 4, 17

  illness and death of, 19, 35–36, 45, 83

  Zumwalt, Doris Streeter (stepmother), 63–65, 70, 84, 99–102, 450

  Zumwalt, Elmo Russell (father), 29–31, 32–33, 36, 42–48, 68, 74–75

  Army Medical Corps service of, 30, 31, 37, 57–60, 63, 67, 69, 77–78

  death of, 31, 488

  illnesses of, 288

  marriages of, see Zumwalt, Doris Streeter; Zumwalt, Frances Pearl Frank

  medical practice of, 4, 27, 30–31, 35, 37, 57–58, 63, 94, 98–100, 102, 108, 109, 122

  public service
of, 31, 57, 63, 108, 122, 380

  relationship of ERZ and, 36–37, 39, 42–43, 45–48, 50, 55–56, 57–60, 61, 64–66, 69, 75, 77–78, 83–85, 89–90, 227–28, 449–50

  Zumwalt, Elmo Russell, III (son), 23, 25, 26, 197–201, 374

  Agent Orange exposure of, 9–10, 19–21, 203–5, 226, 392, 401–2, 403

  birth of, 99–100, 109

  childhood and adolescence of, 100–101, 105, 162

  death of, 9–10, 19, 20, 21, 101, 400–404, 409, 412, 413, 415

  early health problems of, 109, 197, 394, 403

  education of, 197, 391

  law practice of, 391

  marriage and family of, 391–92

  memoir cowritten by ERZ and, 392, 398, 444

  non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHI) diagnosis and treatment of, 392, 393–99, 400–403

  relationship of ERZ and, 198–201, 204–5, 391, 394–95, 396

  Vietnam War service of, 5, 9–10, 63, 199–201, 203–5, 226, 391–92

  Zumwalt, Elmo Russell IV (grandson), 392, 397

  learning disabilities of, 9, 19–20, 392

  Zumwalt, Elmo Russell “Bud,” Jr.

  arms control work of, 6, 12, 24, 130–32, 240–41

  athletic interests of, 67

  birth of, 27

  burial of, 20, 22, 25–26

  charisma and popularity of, 2, 4, 11, 250–52, 264

  childhood and adolescence of, 4, 27–28, 33–39, 65, 73, 422

  children of, 5, 8, 9–10

  conservative politics and philosophy of, 4, 155, 380

  controversial change-of-command ceremony of, 15

  courage and strength of, 12–13, 70, 195–96, 213, 287

  early goals of, 45–46, 56, 83

  education of, 2, 27, 36, 37–39, 41–69, 422

  empathy and compassion of, 21–22, 24, 37–38

  eulogies of, 21–25, 26

  family background of, 27–33

  as “Father of the Modern Navy,” ix

  film portrayal of, 9, 398

  final change-of-command ceremony of, 371–76

  final illness and death of, 15–22, 422–25

  first combat experience of, 71–73

  funeral of, 1–2, 4–8, 10–11, 14–15, 20, 22–25

  girlfriends of, 36, 46–47, 53, 60–62, 66–67

  honors and awards of, 2–4, 21, 31, 42, 45, 52–53, 67, 83, 91, 107, 164, 224–25, 373, 421, 423

  humanitarian concerns of, 23–24

  illnesses of, 39, 47, 62, 175, 227

  intellectual and administrative skills of, 7, 8, 9–11, 13, 127, 129, 137, 148, 166, 218–19

  intelligence network of, 319, 354, 357

  leadership of, 11, 12–14, 15–16, 22–24, 43, 81, 103, 137, 148, 150, 193–95, 286, 298, 305, 369

  marriages of, see Zumwalt, Jane Carey; Zumwalt, Mouza Coutelais-du-Roché

  medical and law careers considered by, 37, 83–84, 102–4, 117, 456

  memoir of, 379, 381, 416, 443, 444, 486

  on neutrality, 51–52

  nicknames of, 1, 6, 17, 27, 94, 115, 125

  opposition to reforms of, 247–48, 250–51, 269, 284–311, 478

 

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