HALSEY, William Frederick "Bull", Fleet Admiral [1882-1959] -- American naval officer
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General Douglas MacArthur once called Admiral "Bull" Halsey "America's
greatest fighting admiral."
That he was.
His choice of brute force over fancy tactics earned him the sobriquet "Bull" from the press,
though he was "Bill" to his friends.
He served 43 years in the United States Navy,
from his 1904 Annapolis graduation to his retirement in 1947 as Admiral of the Fleet.
He served in two wars. 
Decorations |
Abdon Calderon of Balboa (Panama)
American Area Campaign medal
American Defense Service medal
Army DSM
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign medal
Diploma (Chile)
Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) w/3 gold stars
Gold Cross of Chevalier
Grand Cross of Legion of Merit (Chile)
Hon. Knight Commander British Empire (KBE)
Insignia Al Merito (1st class)
Mexican Service Medal
National Order of the Southern Cross (Grand Cross) (Brazil)
Navy Cross
Order of Ayacucho (Peru)
Order of Naval Merit (Cuba)
Order of the Liberator (Venezuela)
Order of the Redeemer (Greece)
Philippine Liberation Campaign ribbon w/2 stars
Presidential Unit Citation
Supreme Chief in the Order of the Inotzal (Guatemala)
Victory Medal w/Destroyer clasp
World War II Victory medal
Chronology |
1917-1918 | Commands a destroyer patrol force in WW1 |
1933-1934 | Graduates from both Navy and Army War Colleges |
1935 | Qualifies as naval aviator |
1938 | Promoted to real admiral |
1940 | Vice admiral |
1942 | Leads task force attack on Marshall and Gilbert Islands |
1942 | Admiral |
1942 | Commander of Allied naval forces in South Pacific |
1942 | Defeats Japanese in 3-day Solomon Islands battle |
1942/04/18 | Halsey's Enterprise (CV-6) escorts Hornet (CV-7) in launch of Doolittle Raid on Tokyo |
1942/11 | Halsey wins engagement at Guadalcanal |
1944/06/15 | U.S. Third Fleet created, with Halsey as commander |
1944/10 | Battle of Leyte Gulf |
1945 | Admiral of the Fleet |
1946 | Released from active duty |
1947/04 | Retired |
Bookmarks (off-site links) |
- Works by William+F.+Halsey
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Quotations
- Admiral William F. Halsey USN "Halsey's bellicose slogan was 'Kill Japs, Kill Japs, Kill more Japs.' His 'bloodthirstiness' was not just a put-on to gain headlines. He strongly believed that by denigrating the enemy he was counteracting the myth of Japanese martial superiority . . . "
- For sale
- BookFinder.com Books by or about William+F.+Halsey
- Works about
- Biographical
- Specific periods, events, aspects. Trivia.
- Battle Order Number One: Nov. 28, 1941 Aboard Enterprise, steaming towards an island 500 miles closer to Japan than [to] Oahu, [Halsey] was determined his force would not be found unprepared.
- Halsey's Decision in the Battle for Leyte Gulf Halsey falls for a Japanese diversion and allows their Central Force to pass the San Bernadino Strait
- The Guadalcanal Campaign (David Llewellyn James)
- Chronologies, synopses, encyclopedias
- Wikipedia Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia that is being written collaboratively by the readers. The site is a WikiWiki, meaning that anyone, you included, can edit any article right now by clicking on the edit this page link that appears in every Wikipedia article except for a few protected pages.
- Halsey, William Frederick, Jr.
- Admiral William Halsey
- Military career
- Fleet Admiral Halsey His military career, from DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
- Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey From Tim Lanzendörfer's site on the USN during WW2
- William F. "Bull" Halsey Short bio
- Specific periods, events, aspects. Trivia.
- Genealogy
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
- William Frederick Halsey Sr., Captain, United States Navy Bull Halsey's father
- William Frederick Bull Halsey, Jr., Admiral, United States Navy
- Find A Grave
- Suites
- UVa Statistics: Admiral William ("Bull") Frederick Halsey, Jr. His association with University of Virginia
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
- Open Directory The Open Directory Project is the largest, most comprehensive human- edited directory of the Web. It is constructed and maintained by a vast, global community of volunteer editors.
- Search engines a selection, for William+F.+Halsey
- William Halsey Resources at Questia - The Online Library of Books and Journals
- Discussion
- Biographical
- Collections, archives - Papers
- Historical context, background
- Places (residences, etc)
- HISTORY of the US 3rd Fleet
- Gallery
- The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). As a character.
- The Internet Movie Database (IMDb). As a participant: actor, director, etc.
- Google Images Search
- US People--Halsey, William F., Jr. (1882-1959)
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