James Forrestal was a man whose influence, policies and presence dominated the news from 1940 until 1949. But ask the average American who he was, and they will draw a blank. Excluding a handful of exceptions, this former Secretary of the Navy, former Secretary of Defense, and key architect of America's defense establishment has effectively been written out of the history books and our national consciousness, an Orwellian bit of historical revisionism.
I think it's doubtful that the unfolding spectacle of the modern UFO era played a critical role in Forrestal's mental breakdown. But it certainly wouldn't have helped.
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