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Jan 4, 2016 · Admiral William D. Leahy was a personal friend of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and although Admiral Leahy retired in 1939, Roosevelt would call upon this trusted confidant to help him run the war.
Admiral William D. Leahy served this country in series of exacting commands at an age alien most shippers are in retirement. As our Ambassador at Vichy, as Chief of Staff to President Roosevelt ...
Finding aid (Word) Biographical Note William Daniel Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa on May 6, 1875. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1897 and was assigned to the battleship USS Oregon. He later had duty on the Asiatic Station and as an instructor at the Naval Academy. From 1912 to 1915 he had duty in various shore establishments before taking command of the gunboat USS Dolphin ...
7th Chief of Naval Operations (2 January 1937 – 1 August 1939) As Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Leahy led efforts to prepare the Navy for a war that was imminent in the late 1930s. He initiated advanced war planning to deal with potential hostilities with Germany and Japan and promoted a robust U.S. air and naval base establishment. William D. Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa, and ...
Oct 16, 2016 · Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy died as a largely unsung hero of World War II, [9] one who had built up the United States Navy before the war, been a governor, ambassador, and top military advisor to two presidents. He was a man that demanded and deserved respect and was involved in many world-changing events.
Leahy, William D. William D. Leahy papers. Correspondence, diaries, writings, notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and other papers relating to Leahy's naval and diplomatic career. Documents his career as chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, commander of the Destroyer Scouting Force, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, admiral commanding the Battle Force ...
The life of Franklin Roosevelt's most trusted and powerful advisor, Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief "Fascinating... greatly enriches our understanding of Washington wartime power."--Madeleine Albright Aside from FDR, no American did more to shape World War II than Admiral William D. Leahy--not Douglas MacArthur, not Dwight Eisenhower, and not even the ...
