Naval Service
David Farragut's naval career began when he was very young and took him through several wars over more than a 40 year period, most notably the American Civil War.
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“It is now time to stop and to ask ourselves the question which my last commanding officer, Admiral Hyman Rickover, asked me and every other young naval officer who serves or has served in an atomic submarine. For our Nation M for all of us M that question is, “Why not the best?””
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