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    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, 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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    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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    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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