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Raymond Ames Spruance (Baltimore, Maryland, Estados Unidos; 3 de julio de 1886-Pebble Beach, California; 13 de diciembre de 1969) fue un militar, ingeniero eléctrico, y embajador estadounidense. Spruance condujo a la victoria a las unidades navales de Estados Unidos en la batalla de Midway.
Ambassador to the Philippines. Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 – December 13, 1969) was a United States Navy admiral during World War II. He commanded U.S. naval forces during the Battle of the Philippine Sea, one of the most significant naval battles of the Pacific Theatre.
Admiral Raymond Spruance was one of the most consequential uniformed Americans during World War II. He was victorious at Midway, a crucial turning point in the Pacific. He commanded the largest fleet in history. Later in life, his country used his talents in high diplomatic office.
12 de jun. de 2006 · Historian Samuel Eliot Morison believed he was one of the greatest fighting and thinking admirals in American naval history. Yet because of his modest, retiring nature, Spruance was never a popular hero in the manner of Admirals Nimitz, William F. Halsey and Marc A. Mitscher.
4 de nov. de 2023 · Los almirantes Nimitz, comandante en jefe de las fuerzas navales en el Pacífico, y Raymond Spruance, su subordinado al frente de la 5.ª Flota, fueron cultivando dudas sobre la necesidad de ...
18 de may. de 2020 · On 13 May 1945, Admiral Raymond Spruance put pen to paper and described the second kamikaze attack he experienced at Okinawa. The recipient of the letter below was his longtime friend and former chief-of-staff Captain Charles “Carl” J. Moore.
World War II. In World War II: The central Pacific. 5th Fleet, under Admiral Raymond Spruance. Ozawa, with only nine aircraft carriers against 15 for the United States, was obviously inferior in naval power, but he counted heavily on help from land-based aircraft on Guam, Rota, and Yap.
