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Jun 9, 2023 · Raymond A. Spruance (1886-1969) was a United States Navy admiral during World War II who commanded naval forces in the Pacific Theater. Spruance is best known for his participation in the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
Raymond A. Spruance was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 3 July 1886. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906 and received further education in electrical engineering a few years later. His seagoing career was extensive, including command of five destroyers and the battleship Mississippi. Spruance also held several engineering, intelligence, staff and Naval War College positions up to ...
Papers of Raymond A. Spruance, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, DC. Papers of Samuel Eliot Morison, 1939-1927, Library of Congress, Washington, DC. [This collection includes an interview with Admiral Spruance.
Apr 28, 2022 · Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral in World War II. Spruance commanded US naval forces during two of the most significant naval battles in the Pacific theater, the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The Battle of Midway was the first major victory for the United States ...
Nov 1, 2009 · Regarded as the standard biography of World War II naval hero Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, this work is now available in trade paperback for the first time. Spruance, victor of the battles of Midway and the Philippine Sea and commander of the Fifth Fleet in the invasions of the Gilberts, the Marshalls, the Marianas, and Okinawa, is one of the ...
Raymond Ames Spruance ( 3. srpnja 1886. – 13. prosinca 1969. ), je bio admiral ratne mornarice Sjedinjenih Američkih Država . Spruance je bio zapovjednik američkih snaga u nekoliko značajnih pomorskih bitaka za vrijeme rata na Pacifiku ( Drugi svjetski rat ), prije svega za vrijeme bitke za Midway te bitke u Filipinskom moru, koje su obje ...
Raymond Ames Spruance, född 3 juli 1886 i Baltimore i Maryland, död 13 december 1969 i Pebble Beach i Monterey County i Kalifornien, var en amerikansk amiral under andra världskriget. Han bidrog i hög grad till segern i slaget vid Midway och var befälhavare vid erövrandet av flera öar i Stilla Havet .
