During the War in the Pacific, the Navy was led by Admiral

Through his father he was a descendant of Senator Rufus King, who was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat, and Federalist. He felt a 'kinship' with his ancestors, including Captain John Halsey of colonial Massachusetts who served in the Royal Navy in Queen Anne's War from 1702 to 1713 where he raided French shipping. All of his ancestors came to America from England and all of them emigrated from England to New England in the early 1600s. Halsey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on October 30, 1882, the son of Anna Masters (Brewster) and United States Navy Captain William F. He was promoted to fleet admiral in December 1945 and retired from active service in March 1947. He took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of the Second World War and, by some criteria, the largest naval battle in history. In 1943 he was made commander of the Third Fleet, the post he held through the rest of the war. Halsey was made commander of the South Pacific Area, and led the Allied forces over the course of the Battle for Guadalcanal (1942–1943) and the fighting up the Solomon chain (1942–1945). At the start of the War in the Pacific (1941–1945), Halsey commanded the task force centered on the carrier USS Enterprise in a series of raids against Japanese-held targets. He took command of the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga in 1935 after completing a course in naval aviation, and was promoted to the rank of rear admiral in 1938. He served in the Great White Fleet and, during World War I, commanded the destroyer USS Shaw. Nimitz.īorn in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904.

He is one of four officers to have attained the rank of five-star fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being William Leahy, Ernest King, and Chester W.

(Octo– August 16, 1959) was an American Navy admiral during World War II.

During the War in the Pacific, the Navy was led by Admiral