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Marc Andrew " Pete " Mitscher (January 26, 1887 – February 3, 1947) was a pioneer in naval aviation who became an admiral in the United States Navy, and served as commander of the Fast Carrier Task Force in the Pacific during World War II . Early life and career.
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Jul 3, 2019 · World War II: Admiral Marc A. Mitscher. Photograph Courtesy of the US Naval History & Heritage Command. By. Kennedy Hickman. Updated on July 03, 2019. Born in Hillsboro, WI on January 26, 1887, Marc Andrew Mitscher was the son of Oscar and Myrta Mitscher.
Jan 30, 2024 · Marc A. Mitscher (born Jan. 26, 1887, Hillsboro, Wis., U.S.—died Feb. 3, 1947, Norfolk, Va.) U.S. naval officer who commanded the aircraft carriers of Task Force 58 in the Pacific area during World War II. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md. (1910), Mitscher qualified as the 33rd naval pilot in 1916.
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He received his appointment as rear admiral on 30 May 1942 to be retroactive to 4 December 1941. He accepted the appointment on 31 May 1942. On 14 June 1942, he became Commander, Task Force 17...
In the meantime, how do we assess the actions and decisions of Marc Mitscher at Midway? Here was the man who, over the next three years, would command the Fast Carrier Task Force that led the American drive across the Pacific to Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and became known as “The Magnificent Mitscher.”
Marc A. Mitscher was a pilot, a brilliant tactician, and the U.S. Pacific Fleet’s senior carrier admiral—recognized belatedly as one of the leading combat officers in the history of air-sea warfare.
A bulldog of a fighter, a strategist blessed with an uncanny ability to foresee his enemy’s next move, and a lifelong searcher after truth and trout streams, he was above all else—and perhaps above all others—a Naval Aviator. On 17 May 1919, the NC-1 was down off the Azores in a heavy sea and a thick fog.