Notes on James Forrestal

"Entered Dartmouth College as a freshman in 1911. The following year he transferred to Princeton University, which he left in 1915 a few credits short of his degree, apparently because of academic and financial difficulties. SecDef Histories - James Forrestal
William A. Read and Company of New York (later Dillon, Read and Company),
- Bond salesman
- Partner in 1923,
- Vice president in 1926,
- President in 1938. SecDef
Government service:
- June 1940 as a special assistant to President Roosevelt.
- August 1940 under secretary of the Navy, handle contracts, tax and legal affairs, and liaison with several other government agencies,
- May 19, 1944 Secretary of the Navy
- 1945 First United States Secretary of Defense SecDef

Died in fall from a fifteenth floor window of the Bethesda Navy Medical Hospital in what was ruled a suicide attempt. Many believe he was thrown out the window to eliminate him as an opponent of a Jewish State in Palestine.
Targeted by Zionist agents with links to David Ben-Gurion from 1944 until his death Loftus & Aarons. Secret War page 154 and a smear campaign that continues to this day.
Leader of the faction of Truman's administration opposed to the recognition of an Israeli state in Palestine. Group included Dean Acheson, Robert Lovett and Loy Henderson. Loftus & Aarons. Secret War page 155 to 160.
James Forrestal and Ferdinand Eberstadt were instumental in creating the NSC. Hoopes. The Limits of Intervention. NSC. Pg. 3.
Forrestal James First United States Secretary of Defense. Forrestal Campus,