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Snyder (admiral), Chester W. Nimitz, Chief of Naval Operations, Clarence H. Haring, Colorado-class battleship, Combined Chiefs of Staff, Commander, Naval Air Forces, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, Commanders of World War II, ..., Commodore (United States), Convoy, Convoy PQ 17, Daniel E. Barbey, Daniel V. Gallery, David Farragut, Dawes Arboretum, December 1941, December 1944, Designated Targets, DeWitt Peck, Direct Air Support Center, Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy), Donald B. Duncan, Donald M. Carpenter, Doolittle Raid, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Douglas MacArthur in World War II, Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines, Dudley Wright Knox, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eastern Fleet, Eastern Sea Frontier, Edward A. Craig, Edward C. Kalbfus, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, Elliott Loughlin, Erich Raeder during World War II, Ernest J. King High School, Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History, Europe first, Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor, Final Impact, Five-star rank, Fleet admiral (United States), Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell), Francis B. Loomis Jr., Frank H. Brumby, Frank Jack Fletcher, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Frederic H. Smith Jr., Frederick Ashworth, Frederick C. Sherman, Frederick J. Horne, French battleship Jean Bart (1940), FRUMEL, General of the Army (United States), German submarine U-505, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Guadalcanal Campaign, Gunichi Mikawa, Harm's Way (novel), Harold C. Train, Harold Rainsford Stark, Henry Earl Singleton, Henry H. Arnold, Herbert J. Ray, Hiroshima (film), History and traditions of Harvard commencements, History of the Royal Navy, History of the United States Merchant Marine, History of the United States Navy, Husband E. 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Heinlein, Robert Edson Dornin, Robert L. Ghormley, Rodger Winn, Ross E. Rowell, Russell Johnson, Russell Willson, Samuel Murray Robinson, Sea Frontier, Seabee, Second Happy Time, Short snorter, Sighted sub, sank same, Society of Red Tape Cutters, Society of the Cincinnati, Solomon Islands campaign, South China Sea raid, South West Pacific Area (command), Southeast Pacific Area, SS Delphine (1921), Stanwell Place, Station HYPO, Submarine Warfare insignia, Submarines in the United States Navy, Task force, The Gallant Hours, The Winds of War (miniseries), Third and fourth terms of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Thomas C. Kinkaid, Timeline of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Torpedo Alley, Underwater Demolition Team, Uniforms of the United States Navy, United Kingdom–United States relations in World War II, United States Fleet, United States Fleet Forces Command, United States Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, United States military seniority, United States Naval Academy, United States Naval Academy Cemetery, United States Naval Special Warfare Command, United States Navy, United States Navy in World War II, United States Navy officer rank insignia, United States Navy SEALs, United States senior military college, United States Submarine Veterans of World War II, United States Tenth Fleet, United States Twelfth Fleet, USS Almaack (AKA-10), USS Amphion (AR-13), USS Augusta (CA-31), USS Barnett (APA-5), USS Blenny (SS-324), USS Bridge (AF-1), USS Constellation (1854), USS England (DE-635), USS England (DLG-22), USS Fife, USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60), USS Illinois (BB-65), USS Iowa (BB-61), USS King (DDG-41), USS Lexington (CV-2), USS Macon (ZRS-5), USS Memphis (CL-13), USS New Hampshire (BB-25), USS Pennsylvania (BB-38), USS Ranger (CV-4), USS S-4 (SS-109), USS S-51 (SS-162), USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Terry (DD-25), USS Texas (BB-35), USS Thompson (DD-627), USS Triton (SS-201), USS Vixen (PG-53), USS Wolverine (IX-64), USS Wright (AV-1), Vivian Dykes, VPB-13, Waldemar F. 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Admiral (United States)

Admiral (abbreviated as ADM) is a four-star commissioned naval flag officer rank in the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, with the pay grade of O-10.

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Air warfare of World War II

The air warfare of World War II was a major component in all theaters and, together with anti-aircraft warfare, consumed a large fraction of the industrial output of the major powers.

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Allan Rockwell McCann

Vice Admiral Allan Rockwell McCann, (September 20, 1896 – February 22, 1978) was a United States Navy officer who served in World War I and World War II.

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Allied leaders of World War II

The Allied leaders of World War II listed below comprise the important political and military figures who fought for or supported the Allies during World War II.

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American Theater (World War II)

The American Theater describes a series of mostly minor areas of operations during World War II.

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Anti-British sentiment

Anti-British sentiment is prejudice, fear or hatred against the British Government, the culture or the people of the United Kingdom, or its Overseas territories usually because of British Imperial past.

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ANZAC Area

The ANZAC Area, also called the ANZAC Command, was a short-lived (29 January – 18 April 1942) naval military command for Allied forces defending the northeast approaches to Australia including the Fiji Islands, New Hebrides, and New Caledonia during the early stages of the Pacific Campaign of World War II.

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Arcadia Conference

The First Washington Conference, also known as the Arcadia Conference (ARCADIA was the code name used for the conference), was held in Washington, D.C., from December 22, 1941 to January 14, 1942.

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Arleigh Burke

Arleigh Albert Burke (October 19, 1901 – January 1, 1996) was an admiral of the United States Navy who distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War, and who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations.

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Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command

The Army Air Forces Antisubmarine Command was formed in the fall of 1942 to establish a single command to control antisubmarine warfare (ASW) activities of the Army Air Forces (AAF).

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Arthur C. Davis

Arthur Cayley Davis (14 March 1893 – 10 February 1965) was an admiral of the United States Navy.

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Arthur S. Carpender

Arthur Schuyler Carpender (24 October 1884 – 10 January 1960) was an American admiral who commanded the Allied Naval Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area during World War II.

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Arthur T. Mason

Arthur Theodore Mason (October 3, 1902 – August 24, 1980) was an decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of brigadier general.

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Arthur W. Radford

Arthur William Radford (27 February 1896 – 17 August 1973) was a United States Navy admiral and naval aviator.

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Atlantic Charter

The Atlantic Charter was a pivotal policy statement issued during World War II on 14 August 1941, which defined the Allied goals for the post war world.

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Attack in the Pacific

Attack in the Pacific (also known by the American series title: Armed Forces Information Film: A.F.I.F. Number 3) is a 1944 American war documentary film.

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Badges of the United States Navy

Insignia and badges of the United States Navy are military "badges" issued by the United States Department of the Navy to naval service members who achieve certain qualifications and accomplishments while serving on both active and reserve duty in the United States Navy.

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Bancroft Hall

Bancroft Hall at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, is the largest single dormitory in the world.

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Bat bomb

Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States.

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Battle of Buna–Gona: Allied forces and order of battle

The Battle of Buna–Gona was part of the New Guinea campaign in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.

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Battle of Leyte Gulf

The Battle of Leyte Gulf (Filipino: Labanan sa Golpo ng Leyte) is generally considered to have been the largest naval battle of World War II and, by some criteria, possibly the largest naval battle in history.

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Battle of Luzon

The Battle of Luzon (Filipino: Labanan sa Luzon), fought 9 January – 15 August 1945, was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan.

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Battle of Makin

The Battle of Makin was an engagement of the Pacific campaign of World War II, fought from 20 to 23 November 1943, on Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.

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Battle of Savo Island

The Battle of Savo Island, also known as the First Battle of Savo Island and, in Japanese sources, as the, and colloquially among Allied Guadalcanal veterans as The Battle of the Five Sitting Ducks, was a naval battle of the Pacific Campaign of World War II between the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied naval forces.

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Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest continuous military campaign in World War II, running from 1939 to the defeat of Germany in 1945.

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Battle of the Caribbean

The Battle of the Caribbean refers to a naval campaign waged during World War II that was part of the Battle of the Atlantic, from 1941 to 1945.

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Battle of the Coral Sea

The Battle of the Coral Sea, fought from 4 to 8 May 1942, was a major naval battle between the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and naval and air forces from the United States and Australia, taking place in the Pacific Theatre of World War II.

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Battle of the Philippine Sea

The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944) was a major naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions.

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Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo

The Battle of Tulagi and Gavutu–Tanambogo was a land battle of the Pacific campaign of World War II, between the forces of the Imperial Japanese Navy and Allied (mainly United States (U.S.) Marine) ground forces.

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Bauerfield International Airport

Bauerfield International Airport is an airport located in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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Beach Jumpers

Beach Jumpers were U.S. Navy special warfare units organized during World War II by Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks, Jr..

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Brenda Putnam

Brenda Putnam (June 3, 1890, Minneapolis, Minnesota – October 18, 1975, Concord, New Hampshire) was a noted American sculptor, teacher and author.

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British Pacific Fleet

The British Pacific Fleet (BPF) was a Royal Navy formation which saw action against Japan during the Second World War.

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Bureau of Aeronautics

The Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) was the U.S. Navy's material-support organization for naval aviation from 1921 to 1959.

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Cactus Air Force

Cactus Air Force refers to the ensemble of Allied air power assigned to the island of Guadalcanal from August 1942 until December 1942 during the early stages of the Guadalcanal Campaign, particularly those operating from Henderson Field.

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Canadian Northwest Atlantic

Canadian Northwest Atlantic Command was the zone of operations during the Battle of the Atlantic that stretched from north of New York City to 47 degrees west.

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Captain King

Captain King may refer to.

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Casco Bay

Casco Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Maine on the southern coast of Maine, New England, United States.

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Central Bureau

The Central Bureau was one of two Allied Signals intelligence (SIGINT) organisations in the South West Pacific area (SWPA) during World War II.

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Charles B. McVay III

Charles B. McVay III (July 30, 1898 – November 6, 1968) was an American naval officer and the commanding officer of when it was lost in action in 1945, resulting in a massive loss of life.

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Charles M. Cooke Jr.

Admiral Charles Maynard "Savvy" Cooke Jr., USN (19 December 1886 – 24 December 1970), was a United States Navy four star admiral who saw service in World War I and World War II and later served as Commander, United States Seventh Fleet (COMSEVENTHFLT) from 1946 to 1947 and Commander, U.S. Naval Forces, Western Pacific (COMNAVWESPAC) from 1947 to 1948.

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Charles P. Snyder (admiral)

Charles Philip Snyder (July 10, 1879 – December 3, 1964) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as the U.S. Navy's first Naval Inspector General during World War II.

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Chester W. Nimitz

Chester William Nimitz, Sr. (February 24, 1885February 20, 1966) was a fleet admiral of the United States Navy.

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Chief of Naval Operations

The Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) is the most senior officer in the United States Navy.

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Clarence H. Haring

Clarence Henry Haring (born 9 February 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - died 4 September 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an important historian of Latin America and a pioneer in initiating the study of Latin American colonial institutions among scholars in the United States.

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Colorado-class battleship

The Colorado-class battleships were a group of four battleships built by the United States Navy after World War I. However, only three of the ships were completed:,, and.

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Combined Chiefs of Staff

The Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) was the supreme military staff for the United States and Great Britain during World War II.

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Commander, Naval Air Forces

Commander, Naval Air Forces (COMNAVAIRFOR, CNAF; and dual-hatted as Commander, Naval Air Force, Pacific or COMNAVAIRPAC) is the aviation Type Commander (TYCOM) for all United States Navy naval aviation units.

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Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command

Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command (COMUSFF) is the title of the United States Navy officer who serves as the commanding officer of the United States Fleet Forces Command.

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Commanders of World War II

The Commanders of World War II were for the most part career officers.

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Commodore (United States)

Commodore was an early title and later a rank in the United States Navy, United States Coast Guard and the Confederate States Navy.

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Convoy

A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.

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Convoy PQ 17

PQ 17 was the code name for an Allied convoy in the Arctic Ocean during the Second World War.

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Daniel E. Barbey

Vice Admiral Daniel Edward Barbey (23 December 1889 – 11 March 1969) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.

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Daniel V. Gallery

Daniel Vincent Gallery (July 10, 1901 – January 16, 1977) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.

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David Farragut

David Glasgow Farragut (also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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Dawes Arboretum

The Dawes Arboretum is a non-profit arboretum located 30 miles east of Columbus in Newark, Ohio.

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December 1941

The following events occurred in December 1941.

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December 1944

The following events occurred in December 1944.

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Designated Targets

Designated Targets is the second volume of John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy.

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DeWitt Peck

DeWitt Peck (May 29, 1894 – January 13, 1973) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Major general, who served as the 18th Assistant to the Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps during World War II.

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Direct Air Support Center

The Direct Air Support Center (DASC) is the principal United States Marine Corps aviation command and control system and the air control agency responsible for the direction of air operations directly supporting ground forces.

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Distinguished Service Medal (United States Navy)

The Navy Distinguished Service Medal is a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919.

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Donald B. Duncan

Donald Bradley Duncan (1896–1975) was an admiral in the United States Navy, who played an important role in aircraft-carrier operations during World War II.

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Donald M. Carpenter

Donald Marshall Carpenter (March 6, 1894 – April 4, 1940) was an early naval aviator in the United States Navy flying from the and.

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Doolittle Raid

The Doolittle Raid, also known as the Tokyo Raid, on Saturday, April 18, 1942, was an air raid by the United States on the Japanese capital Tokyo and other places on the island of Honshu during World War II, the first air operation to strike the Japanese Home Islands.

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr., KBE, DSC (December 9, 1909 – May 7, 2000) was an American actor and a decorated naval officer of World War II.

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Douglas MacArthur in World War II

General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and field marshal of the Philippine Army.

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Douglas MacArthur's escape from the Philippines

On 11 March 1942, during World War II, General Douglas MacArthur and members of his family and staff left the Philippine island of Corregidor and his forces, which were surrounded by the Japanese.

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Dudley Wright Knox

Commodore Dudley Wright Knox (21 June 1877 – 11 June 1960) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War and World War I. He was also a prominent naval historian, who for many years oversaw the Navy Department's historical office, now named the Naval History and Heritage Command.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American army general and statesman who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.

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Eastern Fleet

The British Eastern Fleet (also known after 1944 as the East Indies Fleet and the Far East Fleet) was a fleet of the Royal Navy which existed between 1941 and 1971.

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Eastern Sea Frontier

The Eastern Sea Frontier (EASTSEAFRON) was a United States Navy operational command during World War II, that was responsible for the coastal waters from Canada to Jacksonville, Florida, extending out for a nominal distance of two hundred miles.

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Edward A. Craig

Edward Arthur Craig (November 22, 1896 — December 11, 1994) was a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, and a decorated combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War who eventually attained the rank of lieutenant general.

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Edward C. Kalbfus

Admiral Edward Clifford Kalbfus (November 24, 1877 – September 6, 1954), nicknamed "Old Dutch", was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who was commander of the Battle Force of the United States Fleet from 1938 to 1939 and President of the Naval War College from 1934 to 1936 and 1939 to 1942.

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Eisenhower Executive Office Building

The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB)—formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB) and even earlier as the State, War, and Navy Building—is a U.S. government building situated just west of the White House in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. Maintained by the General Services Administration, it is occupied by the Executive Office of the President, including the Office of the Vice President of the United States.

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Elliott Loughlin

Charles Elliott Loughlin (February 19, 1910 – October 31, 1989) was an officer of the United States Navy, where he reached the rank of Rear Admiral.

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Erich Raeder during World War II

Erich Johann Albert Raeder (24 April 1876 – 6 November 1960) was a naval leader in Germany who played a major role in the Naval history of World War II.

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Ernest J. King High School

Ernest J. King High School, a Department of Defense school in Japan, was named after Fleet Admiral Ernest King of World War II.

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Ernest J. King Professor of Maritime History

In May 1948, the President of the Naval War College Admiral Raymond Spruance recommended a plan to establish a civilian professorship of maritime history at the Naval War College.

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Europe first

Europe first, also known as Germany first, was the key element of the grand strategy agreed upon by the United States and the United Kingdom during World War II.

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Events leading to the attack on Pearl Harbor

A series of events led to the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Final Impact

Final Impact is the third volume of John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy.

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Five-star rank

A five-star rank is a very senior military rank, first established in the United States in 1944, with a five-star general insignia, and corresponding ranks in other countries.

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Fleet admiral (United States)

Fleet admiral (abbreviated FADM), officially known as "Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy", is a five-star flag officer rank in the United States Navy.

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Four Freedoms (Norman Rockwell)

The Four Freedoms is a series of four 1943 oil paintings by the American artist Norman Rockwell.

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Francis B. Loomis Jr.

Francis Butler Loomis Jr. (June 21, 1903 – December 31, 1989) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps, who reached the rank of major general.

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Frank H. Brumby

Frank Hardeman Brumby (September 11, 1874 – July 16, 1950) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who commanded the Battle Force of the United States Fleet from 1934 to 1935.

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Frank Jack Fletcher

Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29, 1885 – April 25, 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Sr. (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American statesman and political leader who served as the 32nd President of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Frederic H. Smith Jr.

Frederic Harrison Smith Jr. (June 30, 1908 – May 28, 1980) was a United States Air Force four-star general who served as Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Forces in Europe (CINCUSAFE) from 1959 to 1961; and Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force (VCSAF) from 1961 to 1962.

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Frederick Ashworth

Frederick Lincoln "Dick" Ashworth (24 January 1912 – 3 December 2005) was a United States Navy officer who served as the weaponeer on the B-29 Bockscar that dropped a Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan on 9 August 1945 during World War II.

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Frederick C. Sherman

Frederick Carl Sherman (May 27, 1888 – July 27, 1957) was a highly decorated admiral of the United States Navy during World War II.

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Frederick J. Horne

Admiral Frederick Joseph Horne (February 14, 1880 – October 18, 1959) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy.

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French battleship Jean Bart (1940)

Jean Bart was a French battleship of World War II, named for the 17th-century seaman, privateer, and corsair Jean Bart.

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FRUMEL

Fleet Radio Unit, Melbourne (FRUMEL) was a United States–Australian–British signals intelligence unit, founded in Melbourne, Australia, during World War II.

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General of the Army (United States)

General of the Army (abbreviated as GA) is a five-star general officer and the second highest possible rank in the United States Army.

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German submarine U-505

U-505 is a German Type IXC U-boat built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

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Grissom Air Reserve Base

Grissom Air Reserve Base is a United States Air Force base, located about north of Kokomo in Cass and Miami counties in Indiana.

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Guadalcanal Campaign

The Guadalcanal Campaign, also known as the Battle of Guadalcanal and codenamed Operation Watchtower by American forces, was a military campaign fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 on and around the island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific theater of World War II.

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Gunichi Mikawa

was a vice-admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II.

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Harm's Way (novel)

Harm's Way is a 1962 war novel by James Bassett.

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Harold C. Train

Harold Cecil Train (October 15, 1887 – September 7, 1968) was a Rear admiral in the United States Navy who served as the Director of the Office of Naval Intelligence between years 1942–1943 and as Commanding Officer of the Battleship USS Arizona.

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Harold Rainsford Stark

Harold Rainsford Stark (November 12, 1880 – August 20, 1972) served as an officer in the United States Navy during World War I and World War II.

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Henry Earl Singleton

Henry Earl Singleton (November 27, 1916 – August 31, 1999) was an American electrical engineer, business executive, and rancher/land owner.

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Henry H. Arnold

Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force.

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Herbert J. Ray

Rear Admiral Herbert James Ray (1 February 1893 – 3 December 1970) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.

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Hiroshima (film)

Hiroshima is a 1995 Japanese-Canadian war drama film directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara and Roger Spottiswoode about the decision-making processes that led to the dropping of the atomic bombs by the United States on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki toward the end of World War II.

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History and traditions of Harvard commencements

What was originally called (around which Harvard University eventually grew) held its first Commenceshyment in September 1642, when nine degrees were conferred.

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History of the Royal Navy

The official history of the Royal Navy began with the formal establishment of the Royal Navy as the national naval force of the Kingdom of England in 1660, following the Restoration of King Charles II to the throne.

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History of the United States Merchant Marine

The maritime history of the United States is a broad theme within the history of the United States.

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History of the United States Navy

The history of the United States Navy divides into two major periods: the "Old Navy", a small but respected force of sailing ships that was also notable for innovation in the use of ironclads during the American Civil War, and the "New Navy", the result of a modernization effort that began in the 1880s and made it the largest in the world by the 1920s.

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Husband E. Kimmel

Husband Edward Kimmel (February 26, 1882 – May 14, 1968) was an admiral in the United States Navy.

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IFF Mark III

IFF Mark III, also known as ARI.5025 in the UK or SCR.595 in the US, was the Allied Forces standard identification friend or foe (IFF) system from 1943 until well after the end of World War II.

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Iliff David Richardson

Iliff David "Rich" Richardson (April 9, 1918, Denver, Colorado – October 10, 2001, Houston Texas) was simultaneously a US Navy ensign and a US Army major while fighting with the Philippine resistance against Japan during World War II.

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Index of World War II articles (E)

# E. Frederic Morrow.

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Interception of the Rex

The interception of the Rex was a training exercise and military aviation achievement of the United States Army Air Corps prior to World War II.

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Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942)

The invasion of Tulagi, on 3–4 May 1942, was part of Operation ''Mo'', the Empire of Japan's strategy in the South Pacific and South West Pacific Area in 1942.

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Isoroku Yamamoto

was a Japanese Marshal Admiral of the Navy and the commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during World War II until his death.

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James Fife Jr.

Admiral James Fife Jr. (January 22, 1897 – November 1, 1975) was a United States Navy admiral who was promoted to four star rank after retirement as a "tombstone admiral".".

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James Forrestal

James Vincent Forrestal (February 15, 1892 – May 22, 1949) was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.

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James O. Richardson

James Otto Richardson (18 September 1878 – 2 May 1974) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served from 1902 to 1947.

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James Somerville

Admiral of the Fleet Sir James Fownes Somerville (17 July 1882 – 19 March 1949) was a Royal Navy officer.

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Jerauld Wright

Admiral Jerauld Wright, USN, (June 4, 1898 – April 27, 1995) served as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Command (CINCLANT) and the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet (CINCLANTFLT), and became the second Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT) for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), from April 1, 1954, to March 1, 1960, serving longer in these three positions than anyone else in history.

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John Dehner

John Dehner (born John Forkum; November 23, 1915 – February 4, 1992)Cox, Jim (2008).

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John E. Gingrich

Admiral John Edward Gingrich (February 23, 1897 – May 26, 1960) was an officer in the United States Navy who served as the first chief of security for the United States Atomic Energy Commission from 1947 to 1949, and as Chief of Naval Material from 1953 to 1954.

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John Hyland

John Joseph Hyland Jr (September 1, 1912 – October 15, 1998) was an admiral in the United States Navy who commanded the U.S. Pacific Fleet from 1967-1970.

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John Watson Gibson

Sir John Watson Gibson (1885–1947) was an English civil engineer.

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Joint Army–Navy Assessment Committee

Joint Army–Navy Assessment Committee (JANAC) was a United States inter-service agency set up to analyze and assess Japanese naval and merchant marine shipping losses caused by U.S. and Allied forces during World War II.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff

The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is a body of senior uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security Council on military matters.

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Joseph Rochefort

Joseph John Rochefort (May 12, 1900 – July 20, 1976) was an American naval officer and cryptanalyst.

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June 1942

The following events occurred in June 1942.

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Kenneth Whiting

Kenneth Whiting (22 July 1881 – 24 April 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator.

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King (surname)

King is an English, Scottish and French surname.

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King Peninsula

King Peninsula is an ice-covered peninsula, long and wide, lying south of Thurston Island and forming the south side of Peacock Sound, Antarctica.

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Kiska

Kiska (Qisxa) is an island in the Rat Islands group of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

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Leo Hewlett Thebaud

Leo Hewlett Thebaud (February 15, 1890 – April 18, 1980) was an admiral of the United States Navy.

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Lester A. Dessez

Lester Adolphus Dessez (June 20, 1896 – February 12, 1981) was a decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of brigadier general.

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List of Axis of Time characters

John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy features several major characters and many minor characters also.

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List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients

Below is a list of recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress.

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List of covers of Time magazine (1940s)

This is a list of people appearing on the cover of ''Time'' magazine in the 1940s.

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List of fleet and grand admirals

The following list of fleet and grand admirals is a summary of those individuals who have held the rank of fleet admiral, or its equivalent, as the senior officers of their countries' navies.

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List of Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

This is an incomplete list of those who were made Knights/Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath from the date of the Order's structural change by the Prince Regent on behalf of his father, King George III, on 2 January 1815.

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List of Légion d'honneur recipients by name (K)

The following is a list of some notable Légion d'honneur recipients by name.

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List of major U.S. Commands of World War II

The List of major U.S. Commands of World War II includes major military commands of the United States.

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List of people from Newport, Rhode Island

The following list includes notable people who were born or have lived in Newport, Rhode Island.

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List of people from Ohio

Nicole Scherzinger - singer Cleveland Ohio The following is a list of famous people born in Ohio, and people who spent significant periods of their lives living in Ohio.

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List of United States Air Force four-star generals

This is a complete list of four-star generals in the United States Air Force.

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List of United States Navy four-star admirals

This is a complete list of four-star admirals in the United States Navy.

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List of United States Navy people

This page contains a list of notable officers and sailors of the U.S. Navy.

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Long Beach Airport

Long Beach Airport is a city-owned public airport three miles northeast of downtown Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California.

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Lorain City School District

The Lorain City School District is a public school district serving the city of Lorain, Ohio, which is located 25 miles west of Cleveland.

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Lorain High School

Lorain High School is part of Lorain City School District in Lorain, Ohio and was founded in 1876, beginning as a two-year high school course.

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Lorain, Ohio

Lorain is a city in Lorain County, Ohio, United States.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Lynde D. McCormick

Admiral Lynde Dupuy McCormick (August 12, 1895 – August 16, 1956) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as vice chief of naval operations from 1950 to 1951 and as commander in chief of the United States Atlantic Fleet from 1951 to 1954, and was the first supreme allied commander of all NATO forces in the Atlantic.

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MacArthur (film)

MacArthur is a 1977 American biographical war film.

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Malta Conference (1945)

The Malta Conference was held from January 30 to February 3, 1945 between President Franklin D. Roosevelt of the United States and Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom on the island of Malta.

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Marine Raiders

The Marine Raiders were elite units established by the United States Marine Corps during World War II to conduct special amphibious light infantry warfare, particularly in landing in rubber boats and operating behind the lines.

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Maritime history

Maritime history is the study of human interaction with and activity at sea.

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Maritime history of the United States (1900–99)

The United States merchant marine forces matured during the maritime history of the United States (1900–1999).

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Mark 14 torpedo

The Mark 14 torpedo was the United States Navy's standard submarine-launched anti-ship torpedo of World War II.

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Mark 18 torpedo

The Mark 18 torpedo was an electric torpedo used by the United States Navy during World War II.

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Maurice E. Curts

Maurice Edwin Curts (March 25, 1898 – February 15, 1976) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of the United States Pacific Fleet in 1958.

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May 1943

The following events occurred in May 1943.

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Merwin H. Silverthorn

Merwin Hancock Silverthorn (September 22, 1896 – August 14, 1985) was a highly decorated officer of the United States Marine Corps with the rank of lieutenant general.

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Mid-Atlantic gap

The Mid-Atlantic Gap is a geographical term attributed to an undefended area beyond the reach of land-based RAF Coastal Command antisubmarine (A/S) aircraft during the Battle of the Atlantic in the Second World War.

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Miles Browning

Miles Rutherford Browning (April 10, 1897 – September 29, 1954) was an officer in the United States Navy in the Atlantic during World War I and in the Pacific during World War II.

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Military history of the United States during World War II

The military history of the United States in World War II covers the war against Germany, Italy, Japan and starting with the 7 December 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Mobile Naval Air Base

Mobile Operational Naval Air Bases (MONABs) were a series of mobile units first formed in 1944 to provide logistical support to the Fleet Air Arm aircraft of the Royal Navy's British Pacific Fleet towards the end of World War II.

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Morton T. Seligman

Morton T. Seligman (July 1, 1895 – July 9, 1967) was an American naval aviator.

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MV Awa Maru (1942)

The was a Japanese ocean liner owned by Nippon Yusen Kaisha.

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Naval Aviation Hall of Honor

The United States Naval Aviation Hall of Honor, located at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida, recognizes individuals "who by their actions or achievements made outstanding contributions to Naval Aviation." Since its inception in 1979, the Hall of Honor has enshrined 80 people representing every element of the naval aviation family: U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Coast Guard, Civilian and every naval aviation warfare community.

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Naval history of World War II

In the beginning of World War II the Royal Navy was still the strongest navy in the world, with the largest number of warships built and with naval bases across the globe.

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Naval Order of the United States

The Naval Order of the United States was established in 1890 as a hereditary organization in the United States for members of the American sea services.

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Naval Postgraduate School

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a graduate school operated by the United States Navy.

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Naval War College

The Naval War College (NWC or NAVWARCOL) is the staff college and "Home of Thought" for the United States Navy at Naval Station Newport in Newport, Rhode Island.

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Navy Cross

The Navy Cross is the United States military's second-highest decoration awarded for valor in combat.

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Olaf M. Hustvedt

Vice Admiral Olaf Mandt Hustvedt (23 June 1886 – 22 December 1978) was a senior officer of the United States Navy.

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OP-20-G

OP-20-G or "Office of Chief Of Naval Operations (OPNAV), 20th Division of the Office of Naval Communications, G Section / Communications Security", was the U.S. Navy's signals intelligence and cryptanalysis group during World War II.

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Operation Cartwheel

Operation Cartwheel (1943–1944) was a major military operation for the Allies in the Pacific theatre of World War II.

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Operation Crossroads

Operation Crossroads was a pair of nuclear weapon tests conducted by the United States at Bikini Atoll in mid-1946.

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Operation Downfall

Operation Downfall was the proposed Allied plan for the invasion of Japan near the end of World War II.

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Operation Torch

Operation Torch (8–16 November 1942, formerly Operation Gymnast) was a Anglo–American invasion of French North Africa, during the North African Campaign of the Second World War.

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Order of Abdon Calderón

The Order of Abdón Calderón is an Ecuadorian decoration instituted in 1904 and awarded for extraordinary military service.

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Order of Naval Merit (Cuba)

The Cuban Order of Naval Merit (First Class) was a medal of special merit.

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Order of the Sacred Tripod

The Order of the Sacred Tripod (寶鼎勳章), also referred to as the Order of the Precious Tripod or Pao Ting, is a military award of the Republic of China.

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Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa

The Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa is an order of Panama, instituted on 1 July 1941 (Ley No. 94 de 1 de julio de 1941).

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Panama Sea Frontier

The Panama Sea Frontier was responsible for the defense of the Pacific and Atlantic sea approaches to the Panama Canal and for naval shore facilities in the Central America region during World War II.

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Patrick N. L. Bellinger

Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger (October 8, 1885 – May 30, 1962) was a United States Navy officer with the rank of Vice Admiral, a naval aviator and a naval aviation pioneer.

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Paul D. Stroop

Vice Admiral Paul David Stroop (30 October 1904 – 17 May 1995) was an officer of the United States Navy and a Naval Aviator.

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Paul Miller (journalist)

Paul Miller (September 28, 1906 – August 21, 1991) was an American newspaper executive and journalist.

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Pelican (bomb)

The Pelican, also known as Bomb Mark 55 and, in one version, SWOD Mark 7, was a guided bomb developed by the United States Navy during World War II.

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Peyton M. Magruder

Peyton M. Magruder (October 19, 1911, Fort Riley, Kansas – January 19, 1982, Marathon, Florida) was an aircraft designer best known for his design of the Glenn L. Martin Company's B-26 Marauder.

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Planning for the Battle of Iwo Jima

In anticipation of the Battle of Iwo Jima, Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi prepared a defense that broke with Japanese military doctrine.

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Politics of the United States during World War II

The United States maintained its Representative Democracy government structure throughout World War II.

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Port Chicago disaster

The Port Chicago disaster was a deadly munitions explosion that occurred on July 17, 1944, at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Port Chicago, California, United States.

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Port Havannah

Port Havannah is a port village on Efate Island in Vanuatu.

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Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933, when he was inaugurated as the 32nd President of the United States, and ended upon his death on April 12, 1945, a span of (4,422 days).

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Proceedings (magazine)

Proceedings is a 96-page monthly magazine published by the United States Naval Institute.

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Project Habakkuk

Project Habakkuk or Habbakuk (spelling varies; see below) was a plan by the British during the Second World War to construct an aircraft carrier out of pykrete (a mixture of wood pulp and ice) for use against German U-boats in the mid-Atlantic, which were beyond the flight range of land-based planes at that time.

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Project Hula

Project Hula was a program of World War II in which the United States transferred naval vessels to the Soviet Union in anticipation of the Soviets eventually joining the war against Japan, specifically in preparation for planned Soviet invasions of southern Sakhalin and the Kuril islands.

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Pykrete

Pykrete is a frozen composite material, originally made of approximately 14 percent sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper) and 86 percent ice by weight (6 to 1 by weight).

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Quoin Hill Airfield

Quoin Hill Airfield was an airfield in North Efate, in Vanuatu.

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Radio Lover

Radio Lover is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Paul Capon and Austin Melford and starring Wylie Watson, Ann Penn and Betty Ann Davies.

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Ralph Waldo Christie

Ralph Waldo Christie (30 August 1893 – 19 December 1987) was an admiral in the United States Navy who played a pivotal role in the development of torpedo technologies.

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Raymond A. Spruance

Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral in World War II.

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Revolt of the Admirals

A Cold War incident known as the "Revolt of the Admirals" involved a number of retired and active-duty United States Navy admirals who publicly disagreed with President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of Defense Louis A. Johnson in their emphasis on strategic nuclear bombing executed by the United States Air Force as the primary means by which the nation and its interests were defended.

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Richard E. Byrd

Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr., (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957) was an American naval officer and explorer.

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Richard Halsey Best

Lieutenant Commander Richard Halsey "Dick" Best, USN, (March 24, 1910 – October 28, 2001) was a dive bomber pilot and squadron commander in the United States Navy during World War II.

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Richard L. Conolly

Richard Lansing Conolly (April 26, 1892 – March 1, 1962) was a United States Navy Admiral, who served during World War I and World War II.

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Richelieu-class battleship

The Richelieu-class battleships were the last and largest battleships of the French Navy.

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Richmond K. Turner

Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner (May 27, 1885 – February 12, 1961), commonly known as Admiral Kelly Turner, served in the United States Navy during World War II, and is best known for commanding the Amphibious Force during the campaign across the Pacific.

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Robert A. Heinlein

Robert Anson Heinlein (See also the biography at the end of For Us, the Living, 2004 edition, p. 261. July 7, 1907 – May 8, 1988) was an American science-fiction writer.

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Robert Edson Dornin

Robert Edson Dornin (December 30, 1912, Berkeley, California – August 31, 1982), nicknamed "Dusty", was a United States Navy officer who served in the Pacific Theater of World War II as a very successful submarine commander.

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Robert L. Ghormley

Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (15 October 1883 – 21 June 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy, serving as Commander, South Pacific Area, during the Second World War.

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Rodger Winn

Sir Charles Rodger Noel Winn, CB, OBE, PC (22 December 1903 – 4 June 1972) was a British judge and Royal Navy intelligence officer who led the tracking of German U-boat operations during World War II.

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Ross E. Rowell

Ross Erastus Rowell (22 September 1884 – 6 September 1947) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps aviator who achieved the rank of lieutenant general by the end of his 40 years of service.

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Russell Johnson

Russell David Johnson (November 10, 1924 – January 16, 2014) was an American actor, best known for his role as Professor Roy Hinkley in Gilligan's Island.

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Russell Willson

Vice Admiral Russell Willson (December 27, 1883, Fredonia, New York – June 6, 1948, Chevy Chase, Maryland) was a flag officer of the United States Navy and inventor of the Navy Cipher Box (also called 'Naval Cipher Box' or 'Navy Code Box') issued in 1917.

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Samuel Murray Robinson

Admiral Samuel Murray Robinson (August 13, 1882 – November 11, 1972) was a United States Navy four-star admiral who directed Navy procurement during World War II.

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Sea Frontier

Sea Frontiers were several, now disestablished, commands of the United States Navy existing from 1 July 1941 during World War II as areas of defense against enemy vessels, especially submarines, along the American coasts.

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Seabee

United States Naval Construction Battalions, better known as the Seabees, form the Naval Construction Force (NCF) of the United States Navy.

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Second Happy Time

The Second Happy Time, also known among German submarine commanders as the American shooting season, was the informal name for a phase in the Battle of the Atlantic during which Axis submarines attacked merchant shipping and Allied naval vessels along the east coast of North America.

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Short snorter

A short snorter is a banknote inscribed by people traveling together on an aircraft.

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Sighted sub, sank same

"Sighted sub, sank same" was a signal sent by an American airman during World War II.

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Society of Red Tape Cutters

The Society of Red Tape Cutters was a series of small articles published by newspapers during World War II to give recognition to military and political figures for keeping bureaucracy from hindering the war effort.

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Society of the Cincinnati

The Society of the Cincinnati is a hereditary society with branches in the United States and France, founded in 1783, to preserve the ideals and fellowship of officers of the Continental Army who served in the Revolutionary War.

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Solomon Islands campaign

The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War of World War II.

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South China Sea raid

The South China Sea raid (designated Operation Gratitude) was an operation conducted by the United States Third Fleet between 10 and 20 January 1945 during the Pacific War of World War II.

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South West Pacific Area (command)

South West Pacific Area (SWPA) was the name given to the Allied supreme military command in the South West Pacific Theatre of World War II.

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Southeast Pacific Area

The Southeast Pacific Area (SEPA) was one of the designated area commands created by the Combined Chiefs of Staff in the Pacific region during World War II.

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SS Delphine (1921)

SS ''Delphine'' launched April 1921. Caption from ''Popular Mechanics'' magazine. SS Delphine is a yacht commissioned by Horace Dodge, co-founder of Dodge Brothers.

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Stanwell Place

Stanwell Place was a manor house and associated estate and tenant farms, located to the west of the village of Stanwell, Middlesex.

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Station HYPO

Station, also known as Fleet Radio Unit Pacific was the United States Navy signals monitoring and cryptographic intelligence unit in Hawaii during World War II.

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Submarine Warfare insignia

The Submarine Warfare Insignia (usually known as "dolphins" or "fish") are worn by qualified submariners.

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Submarines in the United States Navy

There are three major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines, and cruise missile submarines.

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Task force

A task force (TF) is a unit or formation established to work on a single defined task or activity.

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The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours is an American docudrama from 1960 about William F. Halsey, Jr. and his efforts in fighting against Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto and the Imperial Japanese Navy in the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II.

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The Winds of War (miniseries)

The Winds of War is a 1983 miniseries, directed and produced by Dan Curtis, that follows the book of the same name written by Herman Wouk.

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Third and fourth terms of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

The third and fourth terms of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on January 20, 1941, the date of Roosevelt's third inauguration, and ended with Roosevelt's death on April 12, 1945.

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Thomas C. Kinkaid

Thomas Cassin Kinkaid (3 April 1888 – 17 November 1972) served as an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.

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Timeline of the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt

The presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt began on March 4, 1933.

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Torpedo Alley

The Torpedo Alley, or Torpedo Junction, off North Carolina, is one of the graveyards of the Atlantic Ocean, named for the high number of attacks on Allied shipping by German U-boats in World War II.

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Underwater Demolition Team

The Underwater Demolition Teams (UDT) were an elite special-purpose force established by the United States Navy during World War II.

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Uniforms of the United States Navy

The uniforms of the United States Navy include dress uniforms, daily service uniforms, working uniforms, and uniforms for special situations, which have varied throughout the history of the navy.

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United Kingdom–United States relations in World War II

The UK-US relations in World War II comprised an extensive and highly complex relationships, in terms of diplomacy, military action, financing, and supplies.

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United States Fleet

The United States Fleet was an organization in the United States Navy from 1922 until after World War II.

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United States Fleet Forces Command

The United States Fleet Forces Command (USFF) is a service component command of the United States Navy that provides naval forces to a wide variety of U.S. forces.

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United States Marine Corps Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion

The United States Marine Corps's Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, formerly Company, was a specialized team of Marines and Navy Corpsmen that performed clandestine preliminary pre–D-Day amphibious reconnaissance of planned beachheads and their littoral area within uncharted enemy territory for the joint-Navy/Marine force commanders of the Pacific Fleet during World War II.

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United States military seniority

United States military seniority is the method by which the United States Armed Forces determine precedence among commissioned officers, in particular those who hold the same rank.

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United States Naval Academy

The United States Naval Academy (also known as USNA, Annapolis, or simply Navy) is a four-year coeducational federal service academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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United States Naval Academy Cemetery

The United States Naval Academy Cemetery and Columbarium is a cemetery at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

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United States Naval Special Warfare Command

The United States Naval Special Warfare Command (NAVSPECWARCOM), also known as NSWC, is the Naval component of United States Special Operations Command, the unified command responsible for overseeing and conducting the nation's special operations and missions.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Navy in World War II

The United States Navy grew rapidly during World War II from 1941–45, and played the central role in the war against Japan.

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United States Navy officer rank insignia

In the United States Navy, officers have various ranks.

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United States Navy SEALs

The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly abbreviated as the Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command.

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United States senior military college

In the United States, a senior military college (SMC) is one of six colleges that offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) programs under 10 USC 2111a(f), though many other schools offer military Reserve Officers' Training Corps under other sections of the law.

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United States Submarine Veterans of World War II

The United States Submarine Veterans of World War II is a congressionally chartered veterans organization that was established to "perpetuate the memory of those shipmates who gave their lives in submarine warfare" during World War II.

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United States Tenth Fleet

The U.S. Tenth Fleet is a functional formation and a numbered fleet in the United States Navy.

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United States Twelfth Fleet

The Twelfth Fleet was a unit of the United States Navy and was operational from 1 October 1943.

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USS Almaack (AKA-10)

USS Almaack (AKA-10) was an Almaack class attack cargo ship named after Almaack, a star system in the constellation Andromeda.

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USS Amphion (AR-13)

USS Amphion (AR-13) was the lead ship of her class of repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

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USS Augusta (CA-31)

USS Augusta (CL/CA-31) was a of the United States Navy, notable for service as a headquarters ship during Operation Torch, Operation Overlord, Operation Dragoon, and for her occasional use as a presidential flagship carrying both Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman under wartime conditions (including at the Newfoundland Conference).

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USS Barnett (APA-5)

USS Barnett (APA-5) was a ''McCawley''-class attack transport that served with the US Navy during World War II.

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USS Blenny (SS-324)

USS Blenny (SS/AGSS-324), a submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the blenny, a fish found along the rocky shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

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USS Bridge (AF-1)

The first USS Bridge (AF-1) was the lead ship of her class of stores ships for the United States Navy, and served in both World War I and World War II.

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USS Constellation (1854)

USS Constellation is a sloop-of-war, the last sail-only warship designed and built by the United States Navy.

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USS England (DE-635)

USS England (DE-635), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Ensign John C. England (1920–1941), who was killed in action aboard the battleship during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

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USS England (DLG-22)

The second USS England (DLG/CG-22), a guided missile cruiser, was a ship of the United States Navy named in honor of Ensign John C. England.

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USS Fife

USS Fife (DD-991), a, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral James Fife, Jr. (1897–1975), a distinguished Submarine Force commander during World War II.

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USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60)

USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was a of the United States Navy, which served during and after World War II.

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USS Illinois (BB-65)

Illinois (BB-65) was an uncompleted battleship originally intended to be the first ship of the.

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USS Iowa (BB-61)

USS Iowa (BB-61) is the lead ship of her class of battleship and the fourth in the United States Navy to be named after the state of Iowa.

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USS King (DDG-41)

USS King (DL-10/DLG-10/DDG-41) was a guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy.

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USS Lexington (CV-2)

USS Lexington (CV-2), nicknamed "Lady Lex", was an early aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy.

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USS Macon (ZRS-5)

The USS Macon (ZRS-5) was a rigid airship built and operated by the United States Navy for scouting and served as a "flying aircraft carrier", designed to carry biplane parasite aircraft, five single-seat Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk for scouting or two-seat Fleet N2Y-1 for training.

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USS Memphis (CL-13)

USS Memphis (CL-13) was an light cruiser, originally classified as a scout cruiser, of the United States Navy.

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USS New Hampshire (BB-25)

New Hampshire (BB-25) was the sixth and final pre-dreadnought battleship, the last vessel of that type built for the United States Navy.

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USS Pennsylvania (BB-38)

USS Pennsylvania (BB-38) was the lead ship of the of United States Navy super-dreadnought battleships.

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USS Ranger (CV-4)

USS Ranger (CV-4) was the first ship of the United States Navy to be designed and built from the keel up as an aircraft carrier.

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USS S-4 (SS-109)

USS S-4 (SS-109) was an ''S''-class submarine of the United States Navy.

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USS S-51 (SS-162)

USS S-51 (SS-162) was a fourth-group (S-48) ''S''-class submarine of the United States Navy.

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USS Saratoga (CV-3)

USS Saratoga (CV-3) was a built for the United States Navy during the 1920s.

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USS Terry (DD-25)

USS Terry (DD-25) was a modified in the United States Navy during World War I, and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated CG-19.

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USS Texas (BB-35)

USS Texas (BB-35), the second ship of the United States Navy named in honor of the U.S. state of Texas, is a. The ship was launched on 18 May 1912 and commissioned on 12 March 1914.

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USS Thompson (DD-627)

USS Thompson (DD-627 (later DMS-38) was first a, then became an ''Ellyson''-class destroyer minesweeper. She was the second Navy ship named "Thompson", and the first named in honor of Robert M. Thompson.

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USS Triton (SS-201)

USS Triton (SS-201), a ''Tambor''-class submarine, was the first submarine and third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Triton,a mythological Greek god, the messenger of the sea.

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USS Vixen (PG-53)

USS Vixen (PG-53) was a gunboat of the United States Navy during World War II, in which it served as a flagship to the Commanders of the Atlantic Fleet.

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USS Wolverine (IX-64)

USS Wolverine (IX-64) was a training ship used by the United States Navy during World War II.

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USS Wright (AV-1)

USS Wright (AZ-1/AV-1) was a one-of-a-kind auxiliary ship in the United States Navy, named for aviation pioneer Orville Wright.

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Vivian Dykes

Brigadier Vivian Dykes, (9 December 1898 in Bromley, Kent – 29 January 1943), known as Dumbie Dykes, was a British civil servant and officer of the Royal Engineers, who ultimately died serving in the Second World War.

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VPB-13

VPB-13 was a Patrol Bombing Squadron of the U.S. Navy.

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Waldemar F. A. Wendt

Waldemar Frederick August Wendt (March 15, 1912 – October 21, 1997) was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander in chief of United States Naval Forces Europe from 1968 to 1971.

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Walter Muir Whitehill

Walter Muir Whitehill (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1905–1978) was an American author, historian, medievalist, and the Director and Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum from 1946 to 1973.

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War and Remembrance (miniseries)

War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the novel of the same name written by Herman Wouk, which aired from November 13, 1988, to May 14, 1989.

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War Plan Gray

War Plan Gray was a plan for the United States to invade the Azores Islands in 1940–41.

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WAVES

The United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES for the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, was the World War II women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve.

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Weapons of Choice

Weapons of Choice is the first novel of the Axis of Time alternative history trilogy, written by Australian author John Birmingham.

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William D. Leahy

Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer who served as the senior-most United States military officer on active duty during World War II.

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William E. Riley

William Edward Riley (February 2, 1897 - April 28, 1970) was a decorated officer in the United States Marine Corps with the rank of Lieutenant General, who served on the staff of admiral William Halsey Jr. during World War II.

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William Halsey Jr.

Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr., KBE (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959),"Halsey", ArlingtonCemetery.net.

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William J. Sebald

William Joseph Sebald (November 5, 1901, Baltimore, Maryland – August 10, 1980, Naples, Florida) served as United States Ambassador to Burma from April 1952 to July 1954, and to Australia from 1957 to 1961.

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William R. Purnell

Rear Admiral William Reynolds Purnell (6 September 1886 – 3 March 1955) was an officer in the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.

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William Sterling Parsons

Rear Admiral William Sterling "Deak" Parsons (26 November 1901 – 5 December 1953) was an American naval officer who worked as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II.

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Wilson Brown (admiral)

Wilson Brown, Jr. (27 April 1882 – 2 January 1957) was a vice admiral of the United States Navy who served in World War I and World War II.

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Xanthus-class repair ship

The Xanthus-class repair ships were a class of five auxiliary ships built for the United States Navy and Royal Navy.

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Yalta Conference

The Yalta Conference, also known as the Crimea Conference and code named the Argonaut Conference, held from 4 to 11 February 1945, was the World War II meeting of the heads of government of the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union for the purpose of discussing Germany and Europe's postwar reorganization.

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1878

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1940s

The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as the "Forties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949.

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1941 in the United States

Events from the year 1941 in the United States.

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1942 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1942.

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1943 in aviation

This is a list of aviation-related events from 1943.

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1956

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References

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