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[edit] old trivia section

This is the article's 'Trivia' section - it was removed in accordance with Avoid trivia sections in articles. I put it here so the sourced statements can be worked into the text. The 'urban myth' at the bottom needs to be sourced before it can be put into the article. Baseball,Baby! ^balls^•^strikes 02:59, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

~~Browning was the maternal grandfather of American comedian, musician and actor Chevy Chase.~~ done
Browning's notorious affair in the summer of '42 proved to be a costly tactical miscalculation for the "man with a slide-rule brain" in more ways than one, as his lover's husband was a semi-pro boxer who did not stick to discussing theory upon catching them in flagrante delicto.
~~A bit worse for wear, Browning took shore leave and married Jane Matthews in March 1943. (She was his fourth and last wife.)~~ done
Urban myth has it that after a night of especially hard drinking by Admiral Browning, USS Hornet (CV-12) nearly collided with a T2 tanker in port, coming so close that a sailor could jump from one deck to the other -- the only incident of drunken aircraft carrier driving known in the storied annals of the United States Navy.

I worked two of these into the article without too much trouble, although sources are needed. I'm not sure how to or if the last two should be worked into the article; the last one might be interesting to readers, but the former isn't encyclopedic, at least not to me. I'm interested in the opinions of others about this. Baseball,Baby! ^balls^•^strikes 03:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

E. J. King was not commander of the Indochina theater, he was Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief, United States Fleet. Halsey was not "about to be promoted to Fleet Admiral" in 1942-43; he did not receive that promotion until December 1945, afte the war was over. In fact the rank was not created until December 1944. (I'm going to make those edits)

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[edit] old trivia section

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