Carl Vinson was extremely supportive of the US Navy in their roll of defense, however, though this is the case he never favored the financial gain of under US military branches to aggregate the Naval funds at the time. So the first answer, answer A, if false. Though Carl Vinson was pro Navy, this didn't mean that the Navy could start retiring it men, the number stayed roughly the same, because of course we had people actually retiring or enlisting. This makes option B false. Other nations were always a threat, maybe no apparent to the US but seeing how the United States reacts to situations, this is a gross understatement. Option C is false. His efforts DID in fact help naval expansion needed in order to defend Pearl Harbor during attack. Option D is correct.
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The purpose for the attack on pearl harbor was so that the Japanese military can destroy "the knife pointed to Japan's throat" or the US Navy. The US navy at the time was one of the few things that could have stopped the Japanese expansion in a fight, and with the US asking them to stop, they knew that they would have to fight sooner or later. The attack on Pearl harbor was also a way to get the US "awakened" to their surroundings, and to have them join as Japan's ally (which backfired tremedously)
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