# William Halsey
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William Frederick Halsey Jr. (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959) was a fleet admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. He is one of four individuals to have attained the rank of fleet admiral of the United States Navy, the others being Ernest King, William Leahy, and Chester W. Nimitz.
Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Halsey graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1904.
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Admiral Raymond Spruance won the Battle of Midway, commanded the Fifth
Fleet, and refused to be a hero. While Halsey got the fifth star and the
headlines, Spruance got Pebble Beach, a garden, and a schnauzer named
Peter. This is the story of the U.S. Navy's most underrated commander
of World Wa…
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