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While at the Naval Academy he distinguished himself in class committees and athletics, but not in scholarship ( I can relate :-) He was a member of the "Lucky Bag" yearbook staff, won his letter in football as a fullback and was president of the Athletic Association. During WWI he served in the Queenstown Destroyer Force in command of USS Benham and USS Shaw. In 1934, he embarked on his aviation career when he reported to the Naval Air Station, Pensacola for flight training. He was designated a Naval Aviator on 15 May 1935. In October l942 he was made Commander South Pacific Forces and South Pacific Area. In June 1944 he assumed command of the Third Fleet, and was designated Commander Western Pacific Task Forces. At the start of World War II, then-Vice Admiral Halsey early and often advocated an offensive. On Feb. 1, 1942, he put words into action, conducting bombing attacks against Japanese installations in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands. His greatest mark on history was his participation in what is widely considered to be the greatest of all naval confrontations, the Battle of Leyte Gulf, 23-25 Oct, 1944. The Japanese never recovered from the devastating blows his ships dealt them there. On 11 December 1945, he took the oath as Fleet Admiral becoming the fourth and last officer to hold the rank. Admiral Halsey checked out 16 Aug 1959.
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