What Navy admiral did actor Franchot Tone portray?
“In Harm’s Way “- Part 1 Kimmel. Tone, a suave leading man of the 1930s, portrayed the unfortunate Navy Admiral Husband Kimmel. Ten days after the Pearl Harbor attack, Kimmel was removed from command and replaced by Admiral Chester Nimitz. Later investigations into the attack found Kimmel guilty of errors of judgement and of not properly coordinating army-navy efforts to defend Hawaii. He took early retirement in May, 1942. On the morning of December 7, 1941, a crew member aboard the destroyer U.S.S. Cassidy advised Lt. Mac McConnell that their radio was picking up what sounded like plane-to-plane chatter in Japanese. What actor played this crew member?”In Harm’s Way “- Part 1 Larry Hagman. The young communications officer did not seem terribly concerned with the radio traffic. The same year that he played Navy Lt. Cline, Hagman was promoted to Captain and became Tony Nelson in a six year run on television’s “I Dream of Jeannie”. It was another 13 years before we met J.R. Ewing on “Dal
