VERY RARE "CIA Director" VADM William Raborn Signed 4X6 Card COA for Sale

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VERY RARE "CIA Director" VADM William Raborn Signed 4X6 Card COA For Sale

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VERY RARE "CIA Director" VADM William Raborn Signed 4X6 Card COA:
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Up for sale a VERY RARE! "CIA Director" VADM William Raborn Signed 4X6 Card. This item iscertified authentic by Todd Mueller and comes with their Certificate ofAuthenticity.
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William Francis Raborn, Jr., (June 8, 1905 – March 6, 1990) was the United States Director of Central Intelligencefrom April 28, 1965 until June 30, 1966. He was also a career United States Navy officer who lead the projectto develop the Polaris missile system and retired from theNavy in 1963 as a Vice Admiral.Born in Decatur,Texas, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1928. During World War IIhe directed the Gunnery Training Section at the Bureau of Aeronautics. He also served inthe Pacific on aircraft carriers: Raborn was the executiveofficer of the carrier USSHancock(CV-19) when herdeck was damaged by a kamikaze attack. He had the deck repaired in four hours,allowing the ship's aircraft (which had been airborne when the kamikaze struck)to land safely - for this Raborn was awarded the Silver Star.He later commanded the carriers USSBairoko(CVE-115) andUSSBennington(CVA-20). Rabornwas a rear admiral when he was appointed, on November 8, 1955, as Director ofSpecial Projects at the Bureau of Weapons. His task was to develop a submarine-launched ballistic missile.He reported directly to Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Arleigh Burkeand the Secretary of the Navy Charles Thomas. Raborn wastold the new system had to achieve interim capability by early 1963 and fullcapability by early 1965. The USSGeorge Washington(SSBN-598),the first ballistic missile submarine, was commissioned December 30, 1959,fired its first test missile July 20, 1960, and departed on the Navy's firstdeterrent patrol on November 15, 1960. Raborn received the Distinguished Service Medaland was appointed Vice Admiral in 1960. The same year he was awarded the CollierTrophy for his work on Polaris.Raborn had delivered Polaris threeyears ahead of schedule, due in part to his application of the PERT methodology. Hebecame Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Development in 1962. Raborn retiredfrom the Navy in 1965 and on April 28 of that year, despite his having nointelligence experience, President Lyndon B.Johnson appointed Raborn as the seventh Director of CentralIntelligence (DCI). As DCI, one of his primary responsibilities was to directthe Central Intelligence Agency.