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3 days ago · William D. Leahy. William Daniel Leahy ( / ˈleɪhiˌ ˈleɪ.i /) (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer. The most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II, he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy. As a fleet admiral, he was the first ...
1 day ago · Lewis Strauss. Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss ( / ˈstrɔːz / STRAWZ; January 31, 1896 – January 21, 1974) was an American government official, businessman, philanthropist and naval officer. He was one of the original members of the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1946 and he served as the commission's chair in the 1950s.
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May 4, 2024 · 3. Isoroku Yamamoto (1884-1943) – Imperial Japanese Navy. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is most famous for planning the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II. As the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Yamamoto was an advocate for naval aviation and the use of aircraft carriers in naval warfare.
May 3, 2024 · Mike Mullen (born October 4, 1946, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is a U.S. Navy admiral who served as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (2007–11).. Mullen graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968, and his first assignment was as an antisubmarine officer on the destroyer USS Collett, which patrolled the western Pacific during the Vietnam War.
Apr 19, 2024 · George Anson, Baron Anson (born April 23, 1697, Shugborough, Staffordshire, Eng.—died June 6, 1762, Moor Park, Hertfordshire) was a British admiral whose four-year voyage around the world is one of the great tales of naval heroism. The reforms he instituted as a naval administrator increased the efficiency of the British fleet and contributed ...
Apr 21, 2024 · Augustus Keppel (born April 25, 1725—died October 2, 1786, Elveden Hall, Suffolk, England) was an English admiral and politician whose career as a seagoing commander ended in a controversy of political origin during the American Revolution. A sailor from the age of 10, Keppel served actively throughout the Seven Years’ War (1756–63).
