Admiral James L. Holloway III, left, Chief of Naval Operations, and Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf II, right, try 19th-century Navy officer epaulets on Rear Admiral Fran McKee during her frocking ceremony at the Pentagon in May 1976. McKee was the first woman line officer to hold the rank of rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
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