Laksamana Besar 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.
William D. Leahy | |
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Laksamana Armada William D. Leahy, sejak 1945 | |
| Ketua Staf untuk Komandan dalam Ketua | |
| Masa jabatan 20 Juli 1942 – 21 Maret 1949 | |
| Presiden | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
| Pendahulu | Posisi Baru |
| Pengganti | Omar Bradley sebagai Pemimpin Ketua Staf Bersama |
| Duta Besar Amerika Serikat untuk Prancis | |
| Masa jabatan 1941–1942 | |
| Presiden | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Pendahulu | William Christian Bullitt, Jr. |
| Pengganti | Jefferson Caffery |
| Gubernur Puerto Rico | |
| Masa jabatan September 1939 – November 1940 | |
| Presiden | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Pendahulu | Blanton Winship |
| Pengganti | Guy J. Swope |
| Ketua Operasi Angkatan Laut | |
| Masa jabatan 1937–1939 | |
| Presiden | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Pendahulu | William Harrison Standley |
| Pengganti | Harold Rainsford Stark |
| Informasi pribadi | |
| Lahir | William Daniel Leahy 6 Mei 1875 Hampton, Iowa |
| Meninggal | 20 Juli 1959 (umur 84) Bethesda, Maryland |
| Penghargaan sipil | Lihat ini |
| Karier militer | |
| Pihak | Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Laut Amerika Serikat |
| Masa dinas | 1897–1939, 1942–1959 |
| Pangkat | Laksamana Besar |
| Komando | Ketua Staf untuk CINC Ketua Operasi Angkatan Laut |
| Pertempuran/perang | Perang Spanyol-Amerika Pemberontakan Boxer Perang Dunia I Perang Yunani-Turki Perang Dunia II |
Kehidupan awal Sunting
Berasal dari keluarga Irlandia-Amerika, Leahy lahir di Hampton, Iowa, dan pindah dengan orangtuanya ke Ashland, Wisconsin ketika masa kanak-kanak.
Referensi Sunting
- 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 Sunting
- 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 Sunting
Wikimedia Commons memiliki media mengenai William D. Leahy.
- William D. Leahy Official Website (with photo and newsreel archive) 2014-03-23 di Wayback Machine.
- Navy Historical Center 2012-10-17 di Wayback Machine.
- Naval War College Guide to Archives, Manuscripts -2001 2005-12-30 di Wayback Machine.
- Leahy, William D. Library of Congress Archives 2006-12-08 di Wayback Machine.: 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: 2007-11-17 di Wayback Machine.
From 8/2/45 - 8/10/45 with Smyth report on atomic bomb (August 6, 1951) - US Navy Historic Center biography of William Leahy 2008-06-28 di Wayback Machine.
- arlingtoncemetery.net: Biography of William D. Leahy 2021-01-30 di Wayback Machine.
- Annotated bibliography for William D. Leahy from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues 2006-08-28 di Wayback Machine.
- 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 2019-05-22 di Wayback Machine. by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History.