Forrest Sherman
Forrest Percival Sherman was an admiral in the United States Navy and the youngest person to serve as Chief of Naval Operations until Admiral Elmo Zumwalt in 1970. The Forrest Sherman-class destroyer and the airfield at Naval Air Station Pensacola were named for him.
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- Born in
- Merrimack
- Educated at
- United States Naval Academy
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- 🏆 Purple Heart🏆 Navy Cross🏆 Legionnaire of Legion of Merit
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1896
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