I just did a search in who the secretary of the Navy in 1969 was and it showed the same result as yours
31 Jan 1969 - 4 May 1972 John H. Chafee
Something is definitely very questionable here
119 posted on 04/22/2004 5:34:12 PM PDT by Kaslin
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