Search results
2 days ago · Robert Anthony De Niro was born in the Manhattan borough of New York City on August 17, 1943, the only child of painters Virginia Admiral and Robert De Niro Sr. His father was of Irish and Italian descent, while his mother had Dutch, English, French, and German ancestry.
6 days ago · It all began at 24 Bond Street, a building that was once owned by the painter Virginia Admiral, who also happened to be the mother of Robert DeNiro. It was originally designated as an artist...
May 20, 2024 · Chester W. Nimitz (born Feb. 24, 1885, Fredericksburg, Texas, U.S.—died Feb. 20, 1966, near San Francisco) was the commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet during World War II. One of the navy’s foremost administrators and strategists, he commanded all land and sea forces in the central Pacific area.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · May 28, 2024 at 4:30 AM PDT. By James Stavridis. James Stavridis is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a retired US Navy admiral, former supreme allied commander of NATO, and dean emeritus of the ...
May 14, 2024 · William F. Halsey, Jr. (born Oct. 30, 1882, Elizabeth, N.J., U.S.—died Aug. 16, 1959, Fishers Island, N.Y.) was a U.S. naval commander who led vigorous campaigns in the Pacific theatre during World War II. He was a leading exponent of warfare using carrier-based aircraft and became known for his daring tactics.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
1 day ago · The Marocchi Memorial Scholarships were established in 2015 in memory of the late Rear Admiral John Marocchi of Rappahannock County, Va. by his family and other donors and are administered by the nonprofit Virginia War Memorial Foundation. Admiral Marocchi served with distinction in the United States Navy for decades in a career that spanned ...
May 20, 2024 · Strauss had grown up in Virginia, in a culture that venerated Southern military heroes of the "War Between the States", but a tour he took in summer 1918 to the devastated battlefields of Château-Thierry and Belleau Wood disabused him of any romantic illusions about the glory of warfare.
