![]() "During a torpedo attack on enemy battleships, Lieutenant Zumwalt furnished information indispensable to the success of the attack..." As chief of naval operations, ordered the Navy to end racial discrimination and is credited with creating the modern Navy. At age 44, the youngest naval officer ever promoted to Rear Admiral. Was prize crew officer of captured Japanese gunboat Ataka, captured at mouth of Yangtze River near end of WW II. At age 49, the youngest four-star Admiral in U. S. naval history, and the youngest to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. Read More Read his story
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