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It includes United States Navy admirals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "United States Navy World War II admirals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total.
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 Battle of Leyte Gulf during World War II. He also served as commander of the American naval forces during the early phase of the Battle of the Caribbean. In early 1942, a secret group of ...
United States Navy World War II admirals (233 P) Pages in category "United States Navy admirals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 912 total.
Harry B. Harris, the first Asian-American four-star admiral, is pinned with his new rank on 16 October 2013. During World War II, the President was authorized to create as many admirals and vice admirals as he deemed necessary for the duration of the emergency. Most of these new creations retired at the end of the war, having been promoted to ...
Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 – 17 November 1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy, known for his service during World War II.He built a reputation as a "fighting admiral" in the aircraft carrier battles of 1942 and commanded the Allied forces in the Aleutian Islands Campaign.
Golf continued at Stalag Luft III, right up until January 1945, when the approaching Soviet army meant the remaining prisoners were forced on a freezing, brutal march to other POW camps.
Pages in category "United States Navy personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,663 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Ainsworth was born on November 10, 1886, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.He entered the United States Naval Academy on June 21, 1906, and graduated on June 3, 1910. [1] Following successive two-year tours at sea in the battleship Iowa and in transport Prairie, he shifted to the battleship Florida during the spring of 1914, just in time to act as the adjutant of one of the battalions that landed at ...