Army & Navy - The Empire Builders

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There is Commander Bill Brockman who carried part of Carlson's and Jimmy Roosevelt's raiders on the Makin Island raid in the summer of 1942. There are men whose exploits are legendary in the service: "Mush" Morton, big, amiable skipper of the Wahoo, one of four submarines to win a Presidential citation; Commander Frederick Burdett ("Peanuts") Warder, a mild-appearing, silent man whose only regret for his historic rampage in the Java Sea as captain of the Seawolf is that it inspired some writer tc curse him with the nickname of "Fearless Freddie"; Commander Mike Fenno, who took the Trout into Corregidor with ammunition and brought out a cargo oi Manila gold.

Younger men are moving into captaincies as the fleet has expanded—and as heroic veterans have disappeared. Result: not all submarine commanders have the grey hair prized by the Navy as the true mark of maturity.

. Jap Public Enemy No. 1. Boss of the raiders is Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood Jr., who, when he was promoted from Rear Admiral, sent a message to his force expressing pride that the work of Submarines Pacific had brought him the advancement. The Navy's youngest Vice Admiral (53), he frequently rides the subs with his commanders. He has served in submarines for most of his career. His first command was one of the first submarines to go beyond the experimental stage the A2, in 1914. His immediate superior is a submarine man whose son is in the service, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet.