Willis Augustus "Ching" Lee Jr. (May 11, 1888 – August 25, 1945) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy during World War II. Lee commanded the American...
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Phillips Lee (1812−1897), American rear admiral Willis Augustus Lee (1888−1945), American vice admiral Lee Chung-wei, Taiwanese vice admiral Lee Hsi-ming...
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and Nobel laureate Willis Augustus Lee (1888–1945), vice-admiral of the United States Navy and Olympic Games sport shooter Willis McGahee (born 1981)...
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relative of Admiral Willis Augustus Lee. On May 1, 1864, General Lee was present at the baptism of General A. P. Hill's daughter, Lucy Lee Hill, to serve as...
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2012. Retrieved 8 September 2011.. Willis Augustus Lee a Vice Admiral and member of the Kentucky Branch of the Lee family won the Naval Battle of Gaudalcanal...
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Antwerp details United States (USA) Morris Fisher Joseph Jackson Willis Augustus Lee Carl Osburn Lloyd Spooner France (FRA) Léon Johnson André Parmentier...
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Perhaps the most telling comment was made laconically by Vice Admiral Willis Augustus Lee in his action report as the Commander of TF 34: "No battle damage...
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Fairfax Leary, USN (28 September 1942 - 16 April 1943) Vice Admiral Willis Augustus Lee, USN (16 April 1943 - 15 December 1944) Former Commanders, Battleship...
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Berlin, Belarusian-American pianist and composer (d. 1989) 1888 – Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945) 1889 – Paul Nash, British painter (d...
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Commander, Battleships, Pacific Fleet Vice Admiral Willis Augustus Lee Battleship Division 6 (Vice Admiral Lee) 2 North Carolina class North Carolina (Capt...
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Ching Johnson (1898–1979), Canadian National Hockey League player Willis Augustus Lee (1888–1945), World War II US Navy vice admiral nicknamed "Ching"...
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Unified Team Russia Cross-country skiing 1992–1998 Winter F 5 1 1 7 Willis Augustus Lee United States Shooting 1920 Summer M 5 1 1 7 Clas Thunberg Finland...
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1 Clas Thunberg Finland Speed skating 1924–1928 Winter M 5 1 1 Willis Augustus Lee United States Shooting 1920 Summer M 5 1 1 133 Teddy Riner France...
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result of the August Revolution ending the Empire of Vietnam. Died: Willis Augustus Lee, 57, American admiral (heart attack) The Huaiyin–Huai'an Campaign...
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basketball analyst for many years with broadcaster Cawood Ledford Willis Augustus Lee was a Kentucky native and a skilled sport shooter that won seven...
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composer (d. 1971) May 11 Irving Berlin, American composer (d. 1989) Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral (d. 1945) May 13 – Inge Lehmann, Danish seismologist...
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303 301 906 Carl Osburn (USA) (5–4–2) Carl Osburn (USA) (5–4–2) Willis Augustus Lee (USA) (5–1–1) Ole Lilloe-Olsen (NOR) (5–1–0) Alfred Lane (USA)...
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Shizuichi Tanaka, Japanese general (suicide) (b. 1887) August 25 – Willis Augustus Lee, American admiral, Olympic shooter (b. 1888) August 26 Pio Collivadino...
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VT-44: 9 TBM Avenger torpedo bombers 4 fast battleships (Vice Adm. Willis Augustus Lee) 1 North Carolina-class (9 × 16-in. main battery): Washington Battleship...
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Loos, writer (died 1981) May 11 Irving Berlin, composer (died 1989) Willis Augustus Lee, admiral and sport shooter (died at sea 1945) May 15 – John E. Miller...
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10 – Robert H. Goddard, rocket scientist (born 1882) August 25 – Willis Augustus Lee, U.S. Navy admiral and Olympic shooter (born 1888; heart attack on...
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Morris Fisher, Joseph Jackson, Willis Augustus Lee, Carl Osburn, Lloyd Spooner United States Léon Johnson, André Parmentier, Achille Paroche, Georges...
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Dennis Fenton, Joseph Jackson, Willis Augustus Lee, Ollie Schriver, Lloyd Spooner United States Robert Bodley, Ferdinand Buchanan, George Harvey, Fred...
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C. Ramsey. After a reorganization of TF11 under new Rear Admiral Willis Augustus Lee, Schindler continued as Chief of Staff and Aide and took part of...
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establishment of the naval base on Fiji. Leary was succeeded by Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee on April 16, 1943, and ordered back to the United States. For his service...
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Washington, a part of Battleship Division 6 (CruDiv6) under Vice admiral Willis Augustus Lee. He led Washington during the Mariana Islands campaign in June–August...
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employees Dermont Cleveland Kerrs Court Lee Place 1953 Housing Corp. & HCC war hero, U.S. Vice Admiral Willis Augustus Lee Manor Place 1977 Brian Perry suggested...
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Place Shooter Score 1 United States (USA) 573 Joseph Jackson 116 Willis Augustus Lee 116 Oliver Schriver 115 Lloyd Spooner 113 Carl Osburn 113 2 Norway (NOR)...
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Sweden 347 294 333 974 9–70 Vilho Vauhkonen Finland 336 295 335 966 Willis Augustus Lee United States 341 277 347 965 Fritz Kuchen Switzerland 329 307...
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night of 14 and 15 November 1942, Walke was a part of Rear Admiral Willis Augustus Lee's Task Force 64, when it encountered a large Imperial Japanese Navy...
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