In November 1943, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. launched the largest carrier-based attack in U.S. Navy history to shift momentum in the Pacific War. This offensive targeted Rabaul, a heavily ...

In November 1943, Vice Admiral William Halsey Jr. authorized the largest carrier-based attack in U.S. Navy history, a bold move that would shift the balance of power in the Pacific.

ELIZABETH — The boy from Elizabeth who holds this football is William Frederick Halsey Jr. The picture was taken in the late 19th century when he was a student at the Pingry School.

Off Samar, Halsey took his entire task force out of position to chase a Japanese decoy force. Skip to Main Content. ... No doubt Adm. William F. “Bull” Halsey Jr. contained a multitude.

Chester W. Nimitz, William F. Halsey, Jr., William D. Leahy, and Ernest J. King, not only rose to the top and won World War II, but also gave the United States Navy a global reach that has lasted ...

Halsey honors the sponsors' grandfather, Fleet Adm. William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr., a World War I and World War II Naval hero. More than 1,000 guests attended the Saturday, ...