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    Jesse Barrett "Oley" Oldendorf (16 February 1887 – 27 April 1974) was an admiral in the United States Navy, famous for defeating a Japanese force in the...
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    USS Oldendorf (DD-972), named for Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf USN, was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries...
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    surveyor Jesse Mockrin (born 1981), American artist Jesse Clyde Nichols, American real estate developer Jesse B. Oldendorf, American Navy admiral Jesse Q. Sutanto...
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  • district Steinburg Oldendorf can also refer to: William H. Oldendorf, American neurologist and pioneer in neuroimaging Jesse B. Oldendorf, US Navy task force...
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    morning of 6 January 1945, a large Allied force commanded by Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf began approaching the shores of Lingayen from Lingayen Gulf, on the...
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    Group 77.2 Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf in heavy cruiser Louisville Task Unit 77.2.2 (Left Flank) Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf 3 heavy cruisers 1 Northampton-class...
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    Philippines during World War II. Early on October 25, 1944, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf was guarding the southern entrance to Leyte Gulf at the northern end...
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    5-in. main battery): MacDonough Fire Support Unit South Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf in heavy cruiser Louisville Battleship Division 2 (Rear Adm. Theodore...
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    Chester Nimitz, Cincpac Commander Battleship Squadron One Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf Commander Battleship Squadron Two Vice Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. Commander...
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    battleships, 11 cruisers, and 26 destroyers commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf continued the shelling. These crews were trained in shore bombardment...
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    launched on 27 October 1942, sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Oldendorf, wife of Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. Lapon was commissioned on 23 January 1943. Completing...
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    Cruiser Task Force 95, under the overall command of Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. Guam, joined by Alaska, four light cruisers, and nine destroyers...
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    and Tennessee, as part of the bombardment group under Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, took part in one component of the complex battle, the action of Surigao...
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    Assigned to the invasion fleet for the Philippines under Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, Mississippi left Manus on 12 October and arrived off Leyte on the...
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    Johnston set sail for Hawaii with a US Navy squadron led by Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf and arrived 21 January. From there, Johnston sailed to join the ongoing...
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    bombardment force for the operation that was commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. While en route later that day, West Virginia steamed astern of California...
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    classmates included future admirals H. Kent Hewitt, Alan G. Kirk and Jesse B. Oldendorf. Students studied the works of Alfred Thayer Mahan, Julian Corbett...
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    with kamikaze attacks at their worst. Task force commander Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf had anticipated word of heavy mine fields and significant obstacles...
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    p. I-2. Bailey, Jonathan B. A. (2004). Field Artillery and Firepower. Naval Institute Press. p. 398. "Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf, 87; Naval Hero". Los Angeles...
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    Robert L. Eichelberger, Class of 1930 Charles P. Hall, Class of 1930 Jesse B. Oldendorf, Class of 1930 Frank Jack Fletcher, Class of 1931 William R. Schmidt...
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    (TG) 52.17, Fire Support Group 1, under the command of Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. California and the rest of the fleet steamed to the Mariana Islands...
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    Leyte in October as part of the bombardment group under Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. The American invasion triggered the Japanese to launch Operation...
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    destroyers (all Fletcher-class): Bullard, Kidd, Chauncey Rear Adm. Jesse B. Oldendorf Unit 1 (Rear Admiral Howard F. Kingman): 2 old battleships: Tennessee...
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    California, Maryland, and West Virginia, under the command of Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. These ships, designated Task Group 77.2, formed the Fire Support...
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    Strait, but met a line of old battleships commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. The venerable American men-of-war crossed Nishimura's "T" and all...
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    battleships of the U.S. 7th Fleet Support Force commanded by Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf were able to "cross the T" against Vice Admiral Shoji Nishimura's...
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    the northern coast of New Guinea, and was commanded by Rear-Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf. In September 1944, USS Pennsylvania steamed to Seeadler Harbor on...
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    1909. Among his classmates were Olaf M. Hustveldt, Alan G. Kirk, and Jesse B. Oldendorf. He served the two years of sea duty then required by law prior to...
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  • Commanders, Battleship Squadrons, Pacific Fleet Squadron One Vice Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf, USN (15 December 1944 - 2 September 1945) Squadron Two Vice Admiral...
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    Santa Fe joined the bombardment force (Task Group 53.5), Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf commanding, that provided naval gunfire support for U.S. Marine landing...
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