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Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29, 1885 – April 25, 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Fletcher commanded five different task forces through the war; he was the operational task force commander at the pivotal battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, which collectively resulted in the sinking of five Japanese aircraft ...
Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher—pictured here in 1942—has been a mystery to historians seeking to judge his performance as a combat leader. This writer who served under him as a pilot in the Pacific believes that Admiral Fletcher’s record of both good and bad decisions may force us to accept him as an enigma.
In the period immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher faced a series of challenges new to naval warfare. Although he was not an aviator, he found himself commanding the aircraft carriers in the U.S. Pacific Fleet as they tried to arrest the momentum of the Japanese onslaught.
Rear Admirals Frank Jack Fletcher (left) and Raymond Spruance earn high Midway marks for skillfully handling their task forces. With his flagship sinking, Fletcher graciously passed command to Spruance, who wisely decided to avoid the Japanese on the night of 4–5 June.
Jul 13, 2020 · No matter Fletcher’s change of flagship to the Astoria, the Yorktown destroyed, and Spruance in command at the end of the battle, Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher played a key role in the victory over Japan. The U.S. Navy’s decisive victory in the air-sea battle and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan ...
Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, Guadalcanal task force commander, shook his head when he saw the plan: his ships would have to remain on station to resupply the Marines once they’d landed, and that meant serving as a sitting duck in the narrow waters of the Slot.
Frank Jack Fletcher commanded carrier task forces in the critical first year of World War II in the Pacific.
