William D. Leahy
Tampilan
Laksamana Armada 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
- ^ U.S. officers holding five-star rank never retire; they draw full active duty pay for life.Spencer C. Tucker (2011). The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War: A Political, Social, and Military History. ABC-CLIO. hlm. 1685. ISBN 978-1-85109-961-0.
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)
- Navy Historical Center
- Naval War College Guide to Archives, Manuscripts -2001
- Leahy, William D. Library of Congress Archives: 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:
From 8/2/45 - 8/10/45 with Smyth report on atomic bomb (August 6, 1951) - US Navy Historic Center biography of William Leahy
- arlingtoncemetery.net: Biography of William D. Leahy
- Annotated bibliography for William D. Leahy from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
- 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 by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History.