ADADIt went without saying that in each engagement, Adm. Holloway responded with equal force, notably as a gunnery officer during the Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944. During his four-year term as chief of naval operations, Adm. Holloway faced challenges including inflation, defense-spending cuts, the aftermath of the Arab oil embargo and a standoff at the Korean demilitarized zone. In its aftermath, the Joint Chiefs commissioned a six-person investigative team composed of active and retired military officers and led by Adm. Holloway. “Everybody on that operation did absolutely the best they could,” Adm. Holloway later told The Washington Post. ADAdm. Holloway was vice chief of naval operations under the reform-minded Adm. Elmo Zumwalt, whom he succeeded as chief.

Source: Washington Post November 29, 2019 01:11 UTC