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Thomas Hinman Moorer

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1912-2004)

United StatesLived 1912 to 2004 · aged 91
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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. He famously accused President Lyndon B.

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1987National Aviation Hall of Fame
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

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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. 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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Lived 1912 to 2004 · aged 91
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