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William Harrington Leahy (October 27, 1904 – May 12, 1986) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and the son of William D. Leahy, President Franklin D. Roosevelt's military chief of staff during World War II.
2 de dic. de 2019 · In early January 1944, an increasingly weak President Franklin Roosevelt turned to William Leahy in the White House and told his longtime friend that he wanted to make Leahy, since 1942 the president’s chief of staff, America’s only serving five-star military officer.
13 de may. de 1986 · W. H. Leahy, Rear Admiral, Dies at 81. May 12, 1986 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. William Harrington Leahy, 81, a retired rear admiral who had been inspector general and assistant chief for...
Posthumous Honor. The destroyer leader USS Leahy (DLG-16) was named in honor of Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy and was commissioned 4 August 1962. On 30 June 1975, Leahy was redesignated CG-16 (guided missile cruiser) as part of the United States Navy 1975 ship reclassification.
William Daniel Leahy ( / ˈleɪhiˌ ˈleɪ.i /) (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer. The most senior United States military officer on active duty during World War II, he held several titles and exercised considerable influence over foreign and military policy.
William Harrington Leahy Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy. William Harrington Leahy was born on 28 October 1904 in Colusa, CA, the son of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, U.S. Navy. Leahy graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1927, was commissioned as an Ensign, and served in the U.S. Navy East Coast Fleet.
William Harrington Leahy (October 27, 1904 – May 12, 1986) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Leahy was born on October 27, 1904, in San Francisco, California. His father was Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy. [1] Leahy married Elizabeth Marbury Beale on July 23, 1927, and had two...
