Thomas Hinman Moorer

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1912-2004) · United States · On the map · Died at 91

Thomas Hinman Moorer was an admiral and naval aviator in the United States Navy who served as the 18th chief of Naval Operations from 1967 to 1970 and 7th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1970 to 1974.

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Senior U.S. Navy commanders pose around an illuminated globe in 1968: Admirals John J. Hyland, John S. McCain, Jr., Chief of Naval Operations Moorer, and Ephraim P. Holmes.

Awards

National Aviation Hall of Fame1987

Distinguished Flying Cross

Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

Purple Heart

Silver Star

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Olav

About this person

He famously accused President Lyndon B. Johnson of having covered up that the 1967 attack on the USS Liberty by Israel and claimed that it was a deliberate act. He was implicated in the Moorer-Radford Affair, having received thousands of classified documents stolen from President Richard Nixon's National Security Council.

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United States

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Status

Deceased

Dates

Lived 1912 to 2004 · aged 91