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Even more stunning was hearing that Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey, the fleet’s commander, had been given carte blanche to engage the Japanese Navy at the cost of protecting the Leyte invasion forces. Admiral Nimitz abruptly ended the discussion, grumbling, “That’s your opinion.” 1.
The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project is a university-chartered research center associated with the Department of History of The George Washington University. William F. Halsey, Jr. (1882-1959) "Bull" Halsey is best known for victories against the Japanese in the Second World War as fleet commander in the South Pacific and his slogan of "Hit ...
Oct 30, 1882 - Aug 16, 1959. William Frederick Halsey Jr. was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from ...
Feb 2, 2018 · Admiral John S. McCain, left, and Admiral William F. Halsey converse aboard the battleship USS New Jersey in December 1944. As the barometer fell rapidly, the wind velocity rose sharply to 73 knots while 70-foot waves battered the ships from all sides. Some destroyers heeled over on their beam ends with their funnels almost horizontal.
Jun 7, 2007 · William F. Halsey was a sailor born and bred. His heart was Navy blue and gold, and it pumped salt water each of his seventy-six years. As a first to last combatant of the Pacific War, he launched aircraft into the Sunday surprise on December 7, 1941, and forty-five months later stood witness to the end of Imperial Japan on the deck of the battleship Missouri.
Flådeadmiral William Frederick Halsey Jr. GBE (født 30. oktober 1882, død 16. august 1959 kendt som Bill Halsey eller "Bull" Halsey) var en amerikansk admiral. I begyndelsen af Stillehavskrigen (1941–45) havde Halsey kommandoen over den task force, som var dannet omkring hangarskibet USS Enterprise i en række angreb mod japansk-besatte mål.
Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., and Fifth Fleet commander Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, aboard USS New Mexico (BB-40) off Okinawa, 27 April 1945 (80-G-322429). H-Gram 048, Attachment 1 Samuel J. Cox, Director NHHC
