Charles P. Snyder
...that eleven months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. four-star admiral Charles P. Snyder opted to lose two ranks rather than serve under incoming Pacific Fleet commander Husband E. Kimmel?
...that eleven months before the <a href="./Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" id="mwBi4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor</a>, <a href="./List_of_United_States_Navy_four-star_admirals" id="mwBi8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="List of United States Navy four-star admirals">U.S. four-star admiral</a> <b id="mwBjA"><a href="./Charles_P._Snyder_(admiral)" id="mwBjE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles P. Snyder (admiral)">Charles P. Snyder</a></b> opted to lose two <a href="./Military_rank" id="mwBjI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Military rank">ranks</a> rather than serve under incoming <a href="./United_States_Pacific_Fleet" id="mwBjM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="United States Pacific Fleet">Pacific Fleet</a> commander <a href="./Husband_E._Kimmel" id="mwBjQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Husband E. Kimmel">Husband E. Kimmel</a>?