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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › William_Halsey_JrWilliam Halsey Jr. - Wikipedia

    William Frederick " Bull " Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II. He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest King, and Chester W. Nimitz . Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey ...

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › List_of_mayors_of_NewarkList of mayors of Newark, New Jersey - Wikipedia

    Mayors. William Halsey was the first Mayor of Newark. Baldwin did not attend the first meeting; he was unwell. [8] Kenneth Allen Gibson was the first African-American Mayor of Newark. He was the first African American elected mayor of any major Northeastern United States city. [35] Served for 20 years. Ran against Sharpe James in 2002 and lost ...

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  4. warfarehistorynetwork.com › article › admiralAdmiral William F. “Bull” Halsey - Warfare History Network

    Admiral William F. “Bull” Halsey earned a legendary reputation for daring and boldness as commander of the U.S. Third Fleet. By Glenn Barnett. Just before dawn, the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise turned into the wind to launch her planes. Nervous and excited pilots roared into the darkness of the vast Pacific toward the unsuspecting Japanese.

  5. www.historynet.com › william-bull-halsey-legendaryWilliam Bull Halsey: Legendary World War II Admiral - HistoryNet

    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.

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › william-frederick-halseyWilliam Frederick Halsey | Encyclopedia.com

    William F. Halsey was born in Elizabeth, N.J., on Oct. 30, 1882. The son of a Navy captain, he entered the Naval Academy in 1900. Most of Halsey's early sea duty was with destroyers. At the age of 51 he began flight training and after graduation took command of the aircraft carrier Saratoga. In 1938 he was given command of Carrier Division 2 ...

  7. www.usni.org › magazines › naval-history-magazineUnder the Radar: Admiral Halsey at the End of World War II ...

    “Aye, aye, Sir!” says a lot. For those two plus weeks before the official surrender, Admiral Halsey had a new boss, the newly named Supreme Commander General Douglas MacArthur. Halsey had delivered a lot for MacArthur in those two weeks, much of it lost in the euphoria at the war’s end and in the fog of history.