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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.
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 ...
Pages in category "United States Navy personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,647 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United States Army generals of World War II (1 C, 537 P) United States Marine Corps World War II generals (90 P) United States Navy World War II admirals (233 P)
List of United States Navy four-star admirals; List of United States Navy tombstone vice admirals; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960; List of United States Navy vice admirals since 2020
Grace Hopper – futurist, early computing pioneer, rear admiral in the Navy Reserve; George Howard, Jr. – first African-American federal judge in Arkansas history; served in World War II. Isaac Hull – captain of USS Constitution; Lyndon B. Johnson – former U.S. President; worked as a bomb observer with the Army during World War II
It is the same as the discontinued Admiral of the Navy. Although it is a current and authorized rank, no U.S. Navy officer holds it presently. Only four World War II 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 to the rank in December 1944 ...
List of United States Coast Guard vice admirals; List of United States Navy four-star admirals; List of United States Navy tombstone vice admirals; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2000 to 2009; List of United States Navy vice admirals from 2010 to 2019; List of United States Navy vice admirals on active duty before 1960; List of ...