Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (October 15, 1883 – June 21, 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander, South Pacific Area...
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Ghormley (1941–2009), American optometrist Robert L. Ghormley (1883–1958), US Navy Admiral Timothy F. Ghormley, US Marine Corps Major General Gormley This...
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Pacific Fleet, led by Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley from his headquarters at Nouméa, New Caledonia. Adm. Ghormley's pessimism, inadequate staff work and...
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War II Robert L. Ghormley (1883–1958), admiral in the United States Navy, serving as Commander of South Pacific Area during World War II Robert Hoke (1837–1912)...
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Pacific Fleet, led by Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley from his headquarters at Noumea, New Caledonia. Adm. Ghormley's pessimism, inadequate staff work and...
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classmates included Arthur L. Bristol, William L. Calhoun, William A. Glassford, Charles C. Hartigan, Aubrey W. Fitch, Robert L. Ghormley, Isaac C. Kidd, John...
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Chiefs of Staff created the South Pacific theater, with Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley taking command on 19 June, to direct the offensive in the Solomons...
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of 1906." His classmates included William L. Calhoun, Aubrey W. Fitch, Frank J. Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Isaac C. Kidd, Leigh Noyes, John H. Towers...
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was superseded on 28 September 1942 by theater commander Admiral Robert L. Ghormley. Admiral Turner believed that regimental or larger sized Marine units...
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launched on 2 November 1941, sponsored by Mrs. Lucile E. Ghormley, wife of Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Special Naval Observer to the United Kingdom. Growler...
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Admiral Robert L. Ghormley's reticence, malaise and lackluster performance. Pacific Fleet commander Chester Nimitz had concluded that Ghormley had become...
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commanded by Robert L. Ghormley through October 1942, William Halsey, Jr. to June 1944, John H. Newton to March 1945, and Admiral William L. Calhoun to...
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Admiral Henry B. Wilson - Commander of the Atlantic Fleet Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley Vice Admiral Henry Kent Hewitt (with oak leaf cluster) Rear Admiral...
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east runs through the middle of Santa Isabel Island. Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley (19 June–18 October 1942) Vice Adm./Adm. William Halsey, Jr. (18 October...
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included Arthur L. Bristol, William L. Calhoun, William A. Glassford, Charles C. Hartigan, Aubrey W. Fitch, Frank J. Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Isaac C....
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before their Guadalcanal airfield became operational. Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley – with experience as Special Naval Observer in London – was detailed...
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Area and South Pacific Force Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley. He served in that billet until Vice Admiral Ghormley was relieved on 18 October 1942. As commander...
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future admirals including Roland M. Brainard, Arthur L. Bristol, Milo F. Draemel, Robert L. Ghormley, William A. Glassford, Charles C. Hartigan, Aubrey...
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been formed in advance of the Guadalcanal campaign of 1942. Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, Commander, South Pacific Area, issued his Operation Plan No. 1–42...
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were about 25 students in his class, including a future admiral, Robert L. Ghormley. The position ended at the end of the school term, and Yamashita was...
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to Allied-controlled Constantinople. Around 8 pm, US Navy Admiral Robert L. Ghormley went ashore, accompanied by a pharmacist, to see if any Americans...
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physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) October 15 – Robert L. Ghormley, American admiral (d. 1958) October 26 – Paul Pilgrim, American athlete...
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Pacific Fleet." In July 1942 the South Pacific Area, under Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, superseded by Admiral William Halsey Jr. from 16 October, comprised...
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1933 – June 25, 1935), Robert L. Ghormley (June 25, 1935 – June 23, 1936), Claude B. Mayo (June 23, 1936 – October 2, 1937), Robert Alfred Theobald (October...
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United States Embassy in London, England, as deputy to Rear Admiral Robert L. Ghormley who, as Special Naval Observer there, was charged with negotiating...
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classmates included Arthur L. Bristol, William L. Calhoun, William A. Glassford, Charles C. Hartigan, Frank J. Fletcher, Robert L. Ghormley, Isaac C. Kidd, John...
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List of people from Portland, Oregon (section L)
in or comes from Portland, Oregon is called a Portlander. Danver, Steven L., ed. (2013). Encyclopedia of Politics of the American West. CQ Press. pp...
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of U.S. Army forces in the South Pacific, convinced Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, commander of Allied forces in the South Pacific Area, that U.S. Marine...
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two theater commanders, General Douglas MacArthur and Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley, expressed doubts about the operation, but King instructed Nimitz...
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created the South Pacific theater of operations, with Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley placed in command on 19 June 1942, to direct the Allied offensive...
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