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Booze, Bribes, and Prostitutes: How Fat Leonard Seduced the U.S. Navy
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Booze, Bribes, and Prostitutes: How Fat Leonard Seduced the U.S. Navy

Dec 17, 2021
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It’s the greatest story you probably don’t know anything about. Or, at least, you have no idea how bad it actually is. The U.S. 7th Fleet is the most powerful Navy in the history of the world. Its area of operations stretches throughout the Pacific. It comprised of up of upwards of 70 ships, 400 aircraft, and around 40,000 sailors and Marines. For about…

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