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...
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era officers have ever held the rank: William D. Leahy, Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, and William Halsey Jr. Leahy, King, and Nimitz were promoted...
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1980 to March 1981). Halsey is a great-nephew of the United States Navy Admiral William F. Halsey Jr., also known as Bull Halsey, commander of the Pacific...
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States Navy. She is the second ship to be named for Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr. Built in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the ship and crew were completely...
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William Frederick Halsey (April 11, 1853 – June 11, 1920) was a United States naval officer. He is the father of William Halsey Jr., one of only four American...
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Typhoon Cobra (redirect from Halsey's Typhoon)
Typhoon Cobra, also known as the Typhoon of 1944 or Halsey's Typhoon (named after Admiral William Halsey Jr.), was the United States Navy designation for a...
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Admiral Halsey may refer to: U.S. Fleet Admiral William Halsey Jr., (1882–1959) The Paul McCartney song "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" British Admiral Lionel...
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Chester Nimitz, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet, to Admiral William Halsey Jr. at the height of the Battle of Leyte Gulf on October 25, 1944. The...
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William Halsey may refer to: William Halsey Jr. (1882–1959), U.S. Naval officer and the commander of the United States Third Fleet during part of the Pacific...
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National Garden of American Heroes (redirect from Statue of William Halsey Jr.)
Ulysses S. Grant Nellie Gray Nathanael Greene Woody Guthrie Nathan Hale William Halsey Jr. Alexander Hamilton* Ira Hayes Hans Christian Heg Ernest Hemingway...
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Chester W. Nimitz make the decision. Nimitz first consulted Admiral William Halsey Jr., Commander, South Pacific, and then authorized the mission on April...
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S. warship forces were under the overall command of Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. The raids were carried out by two separate U.S. carrier task forces...
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United States Navy during World War II, becoming an aide to Admiral William Halsey Jr. After the war, he became president of the University of Pennsylvania...
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basketball team until the Alumni Hall opened in 1991. It is named after William Halsey Jr., a World War II United States Navy commander. Currently it is the...
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Halsey may refer to: Halsey (singer) (born 1994), American singer and songwriter, actress William "Bull" Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959)...
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Battle off Samar (section Criticism of Halsey)
turned around and resumed its advance toward Leyte Gulf. With Admiral William Halsey Jr. lured into taking his powerful Third Fleet north after a decoy fleet...
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USS Yorktown be repaired in 72 hours for combat operations. Admiral William Halsey Jr is placed on shore leave due to shingles and is temporarily replaced...
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Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. demanded Gaido be brought to him. A search party found Gaido and brought him to the bridge, where Halsey spot-promoted...
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William B. Ault Bernard L. Austin, (two awards) John Arnold Austin, namesake of USS Austin (DE-15) Matthew Axelson Edward L. Beach Jr. Richard Halsey...
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for fuel and supplies on the evening of 8 December. Vice-Admiral William Halsey Jr., commander of Carrier Division 2, ordered every able-bodied man on...
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Terrington Phoenix Anti-Abortionist 2001 Pearl Harbor Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. Black Hawk Down Colonel Thomas Matthews 2002 Blood Work Captain 2003...
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misunderstood message between Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz and Admiral William Halsey Jr., during World War II Wonders of the World, the New 52 era of the...
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commander-in-chief of the Pacific Ocean Areas and United States Pacific Fleet, and William Halsey Jr., commander of the South Pacific Area. General of the Army Arnold...
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USS Halsey (DLG-23, later CG-23) was a Leahy-class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy named in honor of Fleet Admiral William Halsey. Originally...
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across three services: Two Marine Corps Commandants, Lemuel C. Shepherd, Jr. and Randolph M. Pate, and Chiefs of Staff of the Army, George C. Marshall...
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Admiral William S. Pye's battleship Task Force One one weekend, while the next weekend would find three ranging with Vice Admiral William Halsey, Jr.'s aircraft...
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officer of the USS West Virginia Glenn Morshower as Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr., commander of Carrier Division 2 and the Aircraft Battle Force. Yuji...
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Admiral William Halsey Jr., departed the Leyte Gulf area on the evening of 24 October. Convinced that Kurita's Center Force had been turned back, Halsey took...
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aircraft carrier USS Enterprise and commanded by Vice Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr. Early on, Halsey had led his task force on hit-and-run raids against the...
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for office. An effort was also made to promote General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr. to General of the Army, although it was not carried out. As recently as the...
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