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Há 5 dias · William Daniel Leahy (/ ˈ l eɪ h i ˌ ˈ l eɪ. i /) (6 May 1875 – 20 July 1959) was an American naval officer. The most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II, he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy.
Há 4 dias · As bureau chief, King worked closely with the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Rear Admiral William D. Leahy, to increase the number of naval aviators. Together they established the Aviation Cadet Training Program to recruit college graduates as aviators.
Há 6 dias · — Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Staff to President Truman, 1950, The atomic bomb had nothing to do with the end of the war at all. — Major General Curtis LeMay , XXI Bomber Command , September 1945, [112]
The Joint Chiefs may have been against him on this issue, but Franklin Roosevelt had one strong ally among senior American officers in his fight for Torch: his old friend and strategic confidant, William Leahy.
6 de jun. de 2024 · Read "I Was There: The Personal Story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman Based on His Notes and Diaries Made at the Time" by Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy available from Rakuten Kobo.
Há 5 dias · Under the Rev. William Leahy’s leadership, Boston College has become richer, bigger, more selective, and more academically prestigious. At the same time, however, he has been criticized for slow ...
Leahy was head of the Bureau of Ordnance when the Mark 6 Exploder was being introduced and when the Mark 14 Torpedo was drawn up. So he definitely had the first-hand experience of a weapon scandal because its primer failed.
