However, it is a question that is likely to be asked with increasing frequency as time marches on and institutional and personal memories fade. So, for the record and to help preempt any more embarrassment for the uninformed, here is a brief profile of a great Georgian who became a legend in his own time.
P erhaps the best way to begin is at the end.
A great deal of attention has been paid to the fact that Carl Vinson was a man who stood for a strong national defense. He was Mr. Armed Services, he was Mr. Navy, he was Mr. American, and he was Mr. Congressman. He was all of those things, but he must not be just remembered and thought of that way, because Carl Vinson was a broad-gauged man. I have at heart no sectional nor political interest but only the Republic's safety. In those words, we capture the life of a very great man.