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Elmo Zumwalt Dies at 79, Pioneer of Modern Navy
Durham, S C obituary notes Adm Elmo R Zumwalt Jr shaped the postwar Navy with reforms enabling beards civilian attire and broader assignments He led naval forces in Vietnam 1968 1970 and blamed no one for his son Elmo Zumwalt II s 1988 cancer death amid Agent Orange controversy He died at Duke University Medical Center after cancer discovery three months prior Survivors include his wife son two daughters six grandchildren and siblings
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Durham
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U.S. Navy
Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr
Zumwalt
Navy
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Elmo Zumwalt II
Vietnam
Naval
U.S
Duke University Medical Center
Adm
Jay Johnson
Naval Unions
Agent Orange
Aig
Associated Press
Department of Veterans Affairs
Bobby Muller
Vietnam Veterans of Amerca Foundation
Washington, D.C
Zumwealt
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Secretary of the Navy
Richard Dan Gy
Danzig
Zumwaht
Tulare
Calif
Naval Academy
Leyte Gulf
Naval Operations
US Senate
Virginia
McLean
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D.C