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	Biography: Raymond Ames Spruance
		In 1940 while he is counter-admiral, Spruance is at the head of the navy district of the Caraibes and then at the head of a cruiser squadron.
		He is commanding the battleship Mississippi when war starts.
		In May 1942 he take the place of Halsey, who is sick, at the head of the 16
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/3758/spruance.htm

	Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance, USN
		Raymond A. Spruance was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 3 July 1886.
		Spruance also held several engineering, intelligence, staff and Naval War College positions up to the 1940s.
		His seagoing career was extensive, including command of five destroyers and the battleship MISSISSIPPI.
	www.navysite.de /people/raspruance.htm

	Admiral Raymond Spruance
		Raymond Spruance commanded the 5th Fleet at the Battle of the Philippines Sea in 1944 when the Japanese Navy was weakened beyond repair.
		Admiral Raymond Spruance was a senior naval commander in the Pacific campaign.
		Spruance believed that if he chased Jisaburo Ozama's retreating fleet, he would leave the troops on the islands of the Marianas unguarded and this was a risk he was unwilling to take.
	www.historylearningsite.co.uk /admiral_raymond_spruance.htm (571 words)

	Californians and the Military: Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance
		Raymond Ames Spruance was born on July 3, 1886 in Baltimore, Maryland.
		Spruance, under the nominal command of Rear-Admiral Fletcher, led his carriers expertly with the help of Commander Browning, Halsey's Chief-of-Staff, and justly received a large part of the praise for the US Navy success in the battle.
		Finally returning one last time to Pearl Harbor, Spruance began planning the operations Olympic, the invasion of Kyushu, and Coronet, the invasion of Honshu, which he would have led had the war progressed.
	www.militarymuseum.org /Spruance.html (571 words)

	Raymond A. Spruance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Raymond Ames Spruance (July 3, 1886 - December 13, 1969) was a US Navy admiral in World War II, victor of the Battle of Midway and commander in the capture of many islands of the Pacific Ocean, and later ambassador to the Philippines.
		Admiral Raymond A. Spruance died at Pebble Beach, California, in 1969.
		Admiral Spruance held command of the Pacific Fleet in late 1945 and early 1946.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Raymond_A._Spruance (440 words)

	MSN Encarta - Spruance, Raymond Ames
		Spruance, Raymond Ames (1886-1969), American naval officer, born in Baltimore, Maryland.
		He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906 and was made...
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573371/Spruance_Raymond_Ames.html (440 words)

	Raymond Spruance
		Raymond Spruance was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on 3rd July, 1886.
		Spruance became head of the 5th Fleet in September 1943 and held overall command of the assaults on the Gilbert Islands (20th November 1943) and the Marshall Islands (31st January, 1944).
		Spruance was promoted to rear admiral in December 1940 and two years later was appointed head of Cruiser Division 5 in the Pacific.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWspruance.htm (315 words)

	Battle of Midway: June 4 - 6, 1942
		Spruance wasn't a carrier admiral: there were doubts that this cruiser commander could handle the awesome weight that rested on his shoulders.
		At Midway, Spruance, commanding TF-16, was formally subordinate to RADM Fletcher.
		Halsey wore aviator's wings, Spruance was strictly a surface sailor.
	www.cv6.org /1942/midway (1837 words)

	Axis History Forum :: View topic - Raymond Spruance
		Raymond Spruance never was a "Carrier admiral." While, technically in overall command, he often left tactical control of TF58 to it's commanding officer, usually Mitscher.
		Spruance was not as flamboyant as Halsey and started out as his subordinate, but he eventually rose to the same rank and command stature.
		Spruance always made the best use was possible of recce units: he was afraid of the better authonomy of jap carried wings.
	forum.axishistory.com /viewtopic.php?t=30134 (1560 words)

	Military.com Content
		In this capacity, Spruance was responsible for the famous "Operation Galvanic," which began on Nov. 20, 1943, and turned into the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
		Known as the "Quiet Warrior," Spruance was born in 1886 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906, in time to begin his career during the "Great White Fleet" tour.
		Spruance's cool authority and calm decisiveness marked this battle and all of his actions.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent?file=ML_spruance_bkp (441 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Spruance Raymond Ames
		Spruance, Raymond Ames (1886-1969), American naval officer, born in Baltimore, Maryland.
		Poincaré, Raymond (1860-1934), strongly nationalist French statesman, who served five times as prime minister and was president of France from 1913...
		Ceulemans, Raymond, born in 1937, Belgian billiards player, one of the greatest all-around players in history.
	encarta.msn.com /Spruance_Raymond_Ames.html (132 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance at Epinions.com
		Spruance once again was not very aggressive and decided to protect a beachhead rather than chase retreating Japanese carriers.
		Spruance was a distant and quiet man who loathed the press.
		Spruance's victory in this pivotal battle brought him considerable recognition, but there is much controversy about his role and his decisions.
	www.epinions.com /content_120254008964 (1000 words)

	Great American History Fact-Finder - -Spruance, Raymond
		Admiral Spruance was an outstanding commander of aircraft carrier task forces in the Pacific during World War II.
		Spruance led naval forces in the invasions of Iwo Jima (February 1945) and Okinawa (April 1945).
		When Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941, Spruance became commander of the cruiser division in the Pacific, serving under Adm. Chester Nimitz.
	college.hmco.com /history/readerscomp/gahff/html/ff_170600_spruanceraym.htm (154 words)

	AllRefer.com - Raymond Ames Spruance (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Raymond Ames Spruance[sprOO´uns] Pronunciation Key, 1886–1969, American admiral, b.
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	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/Spruance.html (212 words)

	Sadness and Hope: Some Thoughts on Modern Warfare, NWC Review, Winter 1998
		Raymond Spruance sat radiant in the first row beside Secretary of the Navy--now Senator--John Warner; with them was Admiral Stansfield Turner, then the President of the Naval War College, now my much-embattled friend in Washington; beside him, Samuel Eliot Morison.
		These lectures celebrate the memory of Raymond Spruance, but tonight I also speak in memory of two young men--a naval aviator of the United States, Walter Williams, and a paratrooper and tank commander of the Israel Defense Force, Jonathan Netanyahu.
		When Raymond Spruance sailed to Midway he was taking two carriers against nine, no battleships against perhaps twelve.
	www.nwc.navy.mil /press/Review/1998/winter/art13w98.htm (3798 words)

	USS Spruance to Decommission at NS Mayport
		The ship is named after Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, who had a long and distinguished naval career that culminated in his appointment as Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas in 1945.
		Spruance’s crew of 382 is commanded by Cmdr. Jerome F. Hamel.
		Spruance later became President of the Naval War College, and held that post until his retirement July 1, 1948.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=17592 (286 words)

	Spruance, Raymond Ames
		Spruance, Raymond Ames, 1886 &; 1969, American admiral, b.
		SNOWE ANNOUNCES VISIT BY USS SPRUANCE (DDG-963) FOR BELFAST BAY FESTIVAL IN JULY (Capitol Hill Press Releases)
		Additional search results provided by HighBeam Research, LLC.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0846370.html (286 words)

	The Quiet Warrior, A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance Book Reviews
		Raymond Ames Spruance lived — and worked — in the shadow of William F. Halsey.
		The Quiet Warrior, A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, by Thomas B. Buell
		Spruance was a man not given to emotion — his first reaction after a kamikaze hit on his flagship (an event that occurred twice) was to ascertain the damage, and then to check the plane’s wreckage for a code books.
	www.strategypage.com /bookreviews/228.asp (345 words)

	The Quiet Warrior: A Biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance (Classics of Naval Literature) - Thomas B. Buell
		Comment: I was always interested in WWII in Pacific, and especially fascinating person for me was Admiral Raymond Spruance.
		Comment: I am not quiet half way though the first reading of this great novel about the late great Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance.
		Spruance was as he was, nothnig more, nothnig less, and Buell doesn't intend to change this.
	www.cdswap.ws /Content/findonamazonus-Asin-0870215620.html (341 words)

	Raymondale History Quiz
		Raymond was built by Raymond Lowsetter (D) owner of Westwood Properties.
		Raymond's children were named Brad and Addison (D).
		A. That guy that everybody loves on TV Henry Jarvis Raymond
	www.zzapp.org /oic/raymondale/history.htm (164 words)

	news-article.aspx?storyid=34362
		Spruance returned in December from a USS John F. Kennedy Carrier Strike Group deployment in support of the global war on terrorism.
		For nearly three decades, the U.S.S. Spruance played a major role in operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas, the Arabian Gulf and European waters.
		The Spruance is the lead ship of 31 Spruance-class destroyers.
	www.firstcoastnews.com /news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=34362 (167 words)

	Papers of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
		This collection consists of correspondence, much of which was duplicated from various other files concerning Admiral Raymond Spruance.
		This collection should be cited as Papers of Raymond A. Spruance, Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C. Extent
		It includes Spruance's correspondence with Rear Admiral Carl J. Moore, comments on various histories submitted for his review, materials related to Emmet P. Forrestel's 1966 biography of Spruance, an interview appearing in a 1965 issue of Paris Match, and related documentation.
	www.history.navy.mil /ar/sierra/spruance.htm (112 words)

	Battle of Midway - Metaweb
		U.S. carrier forces, led by Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, had the advantage of knowing, through decryption of Japanese Navy communications, pretty much what the enemy was up to.
		After this, Spruance, in concert with the forces on Midway, launched attacks that crippled and destroyed the Japanese cruisers Mogami and Mikuma.
		Spruance launched an attack from his carriers USS Enterprise and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Hornet_(CV-8)
	www.metaweb.com /wiki/wiki.phtml?title=Battle_of_Midway (992 words)

	Naval Institute Proceedings: Lest We Forget May 2005
		Spruance directed the campaigns that captured the Gilbert, Marshall, and Marianas Islands, Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
		In the pantheon of important naval leaders, Admiral Spruance is widely regarded as one of the greatest tacticians ever to go to sea.
		At the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944, Spruance, a surface warfare officer, overrode Admiral Marc A. Mitscher, the aviation expert, by letting the enemy planes come at him instead of going in search of them and, in so doing, won the battle.
	www.usni.org /PROCEEDINGS/Articles05/Pro05LWF.htm (757 words)

	The FReeper Foxhole Profiles Admiral Raymond Ames Spruance - July 5th, 2003
		Spruance had the overall responsibility for Operation 'Forager' [invasion of the Marianas]; for the Joint Expeditionary Force as well as the carriers; for the troops ashore on Saipan and the Guam assault force, which was still hanging in the bight.
		Spruance's task was to guard the invasion forces and beaches –not to risk the fleet.
		Spruance, under the nominal command of Rear-Admiral Fletcher, led his carriers expertly with the help of Commander Browning, Halsey's Chief-of-Staff, and justly received a large part of the praise for the US Navy success in the battle.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-vetscor/940738/posts (7445 words)

	Richard G. Lugar, United States Senator for Indiana - Military Issues
		Hoosier Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance lead the outnumbered Americans in repulsing the invasion and sinking all four Japanese aircraft carriers.
		Admiral Spruance, who went out of his way to avoid the hero-worshipping attention heaped on some of his contemporaries, is mostly remembered today for his victory at Midway which turned the tide against Japan.
		All the objectives in Spruance's path were heavily defended by determined, well-entrenched ground forces determined to fight to the death.
	lugar.senate.gov /issues/military.html (1182 words)

	Pence3.doc
		Almost sixty years have passed since Admiral Spruance led the task force that won the Battle of Midway and later crafted and carried out the strategies that would bring victories in the Gilberts, the Marshals and the Marianas Islands.
		Admiral Spruance is a hero for all time and is worthy of this tribute.
		It is important to note, that Admiral Spruance never campaigned for a fifth star, however it is doubtful that any other American in uniform contributed more to our World War II triumph.
	www.house.gov /burton/RSC/word/Pence3.doc (389 words)

	Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN: A Study in Command. - FORRESTEL, VICE ADMIRAL E. P.
		Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN: A Study in Command.
		FORRESTEL, VICE ADMIRAL E. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN: A Study in Command.
		An excellent work on both the life and tactics of United States Navy Admiral Raymond A. Spruance in the Pacific Theatre during World War II.
	www.antiqbook.com /boox/mot/7310.shtml (161 words)

	HyperWar: US Army in WWII: Campaign In the Marianas
		Under him in the chain of command was Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the Fifth Fleet, and under him Vice Adm. Richmond Kelly Turner, who was to command the Joint Expeditionary Force (Task Force 51), was charged with the actual job of taking the islands.
		From the left: Vice Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, commander of the U.S. Fifth Fleet; Fleet Admiral Ernest J. King, Chief of Naval Operations and Commander in Chief, U.S. Navy: and Admiral Chester A. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Pacific Ocean Areas.
		Until 15 July 1944, he was also in command of the Northern Attack Force (Task Force 52), which was made up of all the amphibious elements assigned to the attack on Saipan and Tinian, and which was one of the two component parts of Task Force 51.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-P-Marianas/USA-P-Marianas-3.html (8636 words)

	News4Jax.com - News - USS Spruance Returns Home One Final Time
		Named in honor of the late Adm. Raymond A. Spruance, the vessel was commissioned on Aug. 12, 1975.
		The USS Spruance is slated for retirement after more than three decades of service, and the crew of more than 380 held a ceremony commemorating its longstanding affiliation with the United States military.
		A part of the USS John F. Kennedy strike group, the Spruance returned Dec. 7, 2004, after a six-month deployment in support of the war on terror.
	www.news4jax.com /news/4312089/detail.html (445 words)

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