William D. Leahy
20 Juli 1942 – 21 Maret 1949
Harry S. Truman
Pendahulu
Posisi Baru
Posisi Baru
Pengganti
Omar Bradley sebagai Pemimpin Ketua Staf Bersama
Omar Bradley sebagai Pemimpin Ketua Staf Bersama
1941–1942
Pendahulu
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
William Christian Bullitt, Jr.
Pengganti
Jefferson Caffery
Jefferson Caffery
September 1939 – November 1940
Pendahulu
Blanton Winship
Blanton Winship
Pengganti
Guy J. Swope
Guy J. Swope
1937–1939
Pendahulu
William Harrison Standley
William Harrison Standley
Pengganti
Harold Rainsford Stark
Harold Rainsford Stark
William Daniel Leahy
(1875-05-06)6 Mei 1875
Hampton, Iowa
Bethesda, Maryland
Ketua Operasi Angkatan Laut
Pemberontakan Boxer
Perang Dunia I
Perang Yunani-Turki
Perang Dunia II
Penghargaan
- Salib Angkatan Laut (Amerika Serikat)
- Nicaraguan Campaign Medal (en)
- Sampson Medal (en)
- World War I Victory Medal (en)
- Victory Medal (en)
- National Defense Service Medal (en)
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (en)
- World War II Victory Medal
- Philippine Campaign Medal (en)
- Spanish Campaign Medal (en)
- Dominican Campaign Medal (en)
- Mexican Service Medal (en)
- Distinguished Service Medal
- American Campaign Medal (en)
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (en)
Laksamana Besar William Daniel Leahy (6 Mei 1875 – 20 Juli 1959) adalah seorang pimpinan angkatan udara Amerika yang menjabat sebagai pimpinan militer Amerika Serikat paling senior yang aktif selama Perang Dunia II.
Kehidupan awal
Berasal dari keluarga Irlandia-Amerika, Leahy lahir di Hampton, Iowa, dan pindah dengan orangtuanya ke Ashland, Wisconsin ketika masa kanak-kanak.
Referensi
Bacaan tambahan
- Adams, Henry H. Witness to Power: The Life of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (Naval Institute Press, 1985) 348 pp. the standard scholarly biography
- Borneman, Walter "The Admirals: The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea" (Little, Brown, 2012)
- Hayes, Grace P. The history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in World War II (1982) 964 pages
- Langer, William L. Our Vichy gamble (1947)
Pranala luar
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai William D. Leahy.
- William D. Leahy Official Website (with photo and newsreel archive) Diarsipkan 2014-03-23 di Wayback Machine.
- Navy Historical Center Diarsipkan 2012-10-17 di Wayback Machine.
- Naval War College Guide to Archives, Manuscripts -2001 Diarsipkan 2005-12-30 di Wayback Machine.
- Leahy, William D. Library of Congress Archives Diarsipkan 2006-12-08 di Wayback Machine.: Papers, 1897-1959 (8,000 items)
- Paradoxes of Naval History: Witness to Power: The Life of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy
- President Roosevelt to the Appointed Ambassador to France (Leahy) on December 20, 1940
- Chronology regarding Truman and the A-bomb: Diarsipkan 2007-11-17 di Wayback Machine.
From 8/2/45 - 8/10/45 with Smyth report on atomic bomb (August 6, 1951) - US Navy Historic Center biography of William Leahy Diarsipkan 2008-06-28 di Wayback Machine.
- arlingtoncemetery.net: Biography of William D. Leahy Diarsipkan 2021-01-30 di Wayback Machine.
- Annotated bibliography for William D. Leahy from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues Diarsipkan 2006-08-28 di Wayback Machine.
- The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921-1969, CHAPTER XVII, Former Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Special Military Funeral, 20-23 July 1959 Diarsipkan 2019-05-22 di Wayback Machine. by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History.