As James V. Forrestal was buried with military honors in Arlington National Cemetery (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS), the nation’s press reflected on the vitriolic attacks made on the nation’s first Secretary ...

Since James V. Forrestal plunged to his death 18 months ago, no columnist worth his salt has failed to speculate on the contents of the late Defense Secretary’s “secret diaries.” There were even hints ...

AGAWAM — The USS Forrestal Association will hold it’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery. This will be the 10th year the gathering has taken ...

The late Secretary of Defense, James V. Forrestal, who–as his diaries disclose–was in 1948 opposed to Jewish interests in Palestine, changed his mind a year later and expressed his admiration of ...

USS Forrestal (CV-59) was the world’s first supercarrier. Rivalled only by the converted battleship HIJMS Shinano and the cancelled USS United States (CVA-58), Forrestal established a new template for ...

Sixty-one years ago on Feb. 23, on a tiny island off the coast of Japan by the name of Iwo Jima, Old Glory was unfurled. As the flag was being raised by men of the 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, ...

Princeton recently received the personal papers of James Forrestal, the first Secretary of Defense. The papers, composing documents, manuscripts, and diaries are in Nassau's Firestone Library. The ...

A World Without Supercarriers? What if the Navy Never Build Big Aircraft Carriers? Serving for 38 years, the USS Forrestal provided the model upon which the United States would build its fleet of ...

The film details the USS Forrestal, the first super carrier built by the Navy, which was completed in December 1954. Named after Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, the ship is notable for its ...