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	William D. Leahy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Daniel Leahy (May 6, 1875 – July 20, 1959) was an American naval officer and the first such officer ever to hold the rank of Fleet Admiral and the first ever to hold five-star rank in the U.S. armed forces.
		Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa and educated at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, from which he graduated in 1897.
		Leahy's name resurfaced in early April 2004 when it was discussed in the media whether or not National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice should testify in front of a congressional panel investigating the September 11, 2001 attacks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_D._Leahy (1256 words)

	William Daniel Leahy, Fleet Admiral, United States Navy
		William Daniel Leahy was born in Hampton, Iowa, on May 6, 1875.
		But in the ceremonies for Admiral Leahy, as in the funeral for Secretary Quarles, a motorized cortege was to take the body of the admiral from the Washington National Cathedral to the Memorial Gate of the cemetery.
		According to protocol, announcements of the funeral service for Admiral Leahy, which in effect were invitations to attend, were sent to all branches and principal agencies of the federal government and to the diplomatic corps.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /wdleahy.htm (2329 words)

	William Leahy
		William Leahy was born in Hampshire, Iowa, on 6th May, 1875.
		Leahy did well in this post and in January 1941, Roosevelt decided to give him the much more difficult task of making him ambassador to the recently formed Vichy government in France.
		On 6th July, 1942, Leahy was appointed chief of staff to the commander in chief of the United States.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWleahy.htm (4526 words)

	Fleet Admiral Willian D. "Bill" Leahy
		Official Chronology of Admiral William D. Leahy—Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during WW II.
		Fatima Crusader Leahy HATES Russia and this agreement is Roosevelt's death sentence.
		Leahy is FURIOUS because Russia liberated Manchuria and the Kurile Islands.
	www.reformation.org /admiral-leahy.html (1867 words)

	LEAHY
		Leahy departs Genoa on 13 August, and participates in a coordinated fleet exercise,"MEDLANDEX-64," between the Balearic Islands (Mallorca and Menorca) and Sardinia; Leahy roams the Tyrrenian Sea, passing through the Strait Of Bonifacio between Sardinia and Corsica.
		Leahy's next port is Naples on 26 October, and she ties up alongside USS Shenandoah (AD-44) for a routine upkeep period.
		In September Leahy is on station in the Arabian Sea as FAAWC for USS Midway (CV-41) and USS Eisenhower (CVN-69) Carrier Battle Groups, where she serves as flagship for Commander U.S. Middle East Force.
	www.ussleahy.com /LeahyLog.html (3563 words)

	William Leahy and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		William Leahy and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
		ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. Admiral Leahy was the Chief of Staff to Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman and the unofficial coordinator of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
		A close advisor to both presidents, he thought a Japanese surrender could be arranged without use of the atomic bomb and without an invasion of the Japanese mainland.
	www.doug-long.com /leahy.htm (296 words)

	Key Issues: Nuclear Weapons: History: Pre Cold War: Meetings: White House Meeting
		ADMIRAL LEAHY recalled that the President had been interested in knowing what the price in casualties for Kyushu would be and whether or not that price in casualties for Kyushu would be and whether or not that price could be paid.
		ADMIRAL LEAHY read a telegram in which General McNarney recommended that Lend-Lease supplies to the French be reinstated after the French withdrawal from northern Italy had been completed.
		ADMIRAL LEAHY recalled that the President had been interested in knowing what the price in casualties for Kyushu would be and whether or not that price could be paid.
	www.nuclearfiles.org /menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/history/pre-cold-war/hiroshima-nagasaki/white-house-meeting-1_1945-06-18.htm (5219 words)

	US People--Leahy, William D., Fleet Admiral, USN. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		In 1899, Ensign Leahy was sent to the Asiatic Station, where he participated in the supression of the Philippine Insurrection and of the Boxer Rebellion in China.
		In the decade following his return to the United States in 1904, he served in the cruisers Boston and California, was an instructor at the Naval Academy and chief of staff to the commander of U.S. forces in Nicaragua.
		In January 1937, Admiral Leahy became Chief of Naval Operations, serving for more than two years during a period marked by increasing tensions in the Far East and Europe and by a gradual expansion of the Navy.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-l/wd-leahy.htm (955 words)

	William Leahy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Leahy is the name of a number of notable persons including:
		William P. Leahy, SJ (1948-), President of Boston College
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Leahy (90 words)

	all things William
		What we need to discover in the social realm is the moral equivalent of war; something heroic that will speak to men as universally as war does, and yet will be compatible with their spiritual selves as war has proved itself to be incompatible.
		But when they are all together and they are fighting, despite their bitching and griping and goldbricking and mortal fear, they are facing cold steel and screaming lead and hard enemies, and they are advancing and beating the hell out of the opposition.
		There's no question that historically the liberties of a people are at greatest risk in times of war, because it is in times of war that people are willing to sacrifice liberty for security and for their country.
	www.allthingswilliam.com /war.html (5794 words)

	USS Leahy (CG 16)
		USS LEAHY was the lead ship of the LEAHY-class of guided missile cruisers and the first ship in the Navy named after Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy.
		Stricken from the Navy list on October 1, 1993, LEAHY was subsequently laid up at Benecia, CA, as part of the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet.
		LEAHY was later sold to International Shipbreaking Corp., Brownsville, Tx., for scrapping.
	navysite.de /cg/cg16.htm (150 words)

	NSDL Metadata Record -- I Was There: The Personal Story of the Chief of Staff to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman Based ...
		In this 450 page narrative, Fleet Admiral William Leahy recalls his experiences in high command during World War II, and the discussions of war council meetings such as Potsdam, Yalta, Teheran, and Cairo.
		Leahy was Ambassador to France in 1941, where he tried diplomatic means to keep parts of France and her colonies out of German hands.
		The appendix includes correspondence between Roosevelt and Leahy as well as a list of attendees at the Allies` major World War II conferences.
	nsdl.org /mr/440233 (192 words)

	William Frederick Bull Halsey, Jr., Admiral, United States Navy
		The gravesite selected was in Section 2, near the grave of Admiral Leahy, and next to that of Admiral Halsey's father, who had been a Navy captain, and mother.
		Lemnitzer, Chief of Staff of the Army; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of Naval Operations; General Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; General Randolph M. Pate, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Rear Adm. James A.
		As in Admiral Leahy's funeral, the motor cortege bearing Admiral Halsey's body to Arlington moved from the cathedral to the Memorial Gate of the cemetery via Woodley Road, 34th Street, Massachusetts Avenue, Rock Creek Park way, Memorial Bridge, and Memorial Drive.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /halsejr.htm (2546 words)

	Chapter 17 - The Last Salute
		Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, former Chief of Naval Operations and personal Chief of Staff to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman from 1942 to 1949, died at the U.S. Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, on 20 July 1959 at the age of eighty-four.
		The ceremonies planned by Admiral Grantham and his staff, with due regard for the wishes of Rear Adm. William H. Leahy, son of the fleet admiral, followed, with one exception, the general prescriptions for a Special Military Funeral.
		Admiral Leahy, as in the funeral for Secretary Quarles, a motorized cortege was to take the body of the admiral from the Washington National Cathedral to the Memorial Gate of the cemetery.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/Last_Salute/Ch17.htm (1215 words)

	Franklin D. Roosevelt - American Heritage Center, Inc.
		The Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center Museum also has items on loan to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Hopkins turned in soon after their departure from Tunis./ Except for Admiral Leahy, the Joint Chiefs of Staff party had proceeded on to Cairo earlier in the day.
		It was during this important travel in the air that the one dollar silver certificate or "short snorter" was passed around the transport plane on the long flight and signed by the President and his party, consisting of his most trusted aides and advisors.
	www.fdrheritage.org /fdr_museum_feature_Feb05.htm (1703 words)

	William Daniel Leahy
		Leahy, William Daniel, 1875–1959, American naval officer and diplomat, b.
		He served in the Spanish-American War, in the Philippines, then in Nicaragua (1912), in Haiti (1916), in the Mexican expedition (1916), and in World War I. He later became chief of naval operations (1937) and governor of Puerto Rico (1939), and he served (1940–42) as ambassador to Vichy France.
		A bicentennial toast to the Delaware Court of Chancery 1792-1992.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0829153.html (178 words)

	Fleet Admiral William Daniel Leahy, USN
		Born in Hampton, Iowa, 6 May 1875, William Daniel Leahy entered the Naval Academy in 1893 from Wisconsin.
		After command of NEW MEXICO in 1926, he returned to the Navy Department as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance October 1927.
		In June 1931 Admiral Leahy became Commander, Destroyers, U.S. Fleet, and May 1933 was appointed to the board then reorganizing the Navy Department.
	navysite.de /people/wdleahy.htm (433 words)

	Papers of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		During the period covered in this collection, William Leahy served as U.S. Ambassador to France (1940-1942) and Chief of Staff to the President of the United States (1942-1949).
		The Library of Congress holds the Leahy diaries.
		The Wisconsin Historical Society holds a collection of personal correspondence that is also available on microfilm in the Operational Archives.
	www.history.navy.mil /ar/lima/leahy.htm (302 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Leader to Leak
		Union Cemetery, Claremont, N.H. Leahy, Daniel P. — of Massachusetts.
		Leahy, David J. — of Raton, Colfax County, N.M. Granduncle of
		Leahy, William Daniel (1875-1959) — also known as William D. Leahy — Born in Hampton,
	politicalgraveyard.com /bio/leader-leak.html (600 words)

	USS Lang (DD-399) — DANFS History
		Lang (DD-399) was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, N.J., 5 April 1937 Iaunched 27 August 1938; sponsored by Mrs.
		William D. Leahy, wife of Adm. William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations; and commissioned 30 March 1939, Lt. Comdr.
		The President came on board the 24th at Sandy Hook, N.J., for transit to Fort Hancock.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /goldplater/danfs399.html (952 words)

	Arlington National Cemetery:: Historical Information
		Their names and dates of rank are: George C. Marshall, Dec. 16, 1944; Douglas MacArthur, Dec. 18, 1944; Dwight D. Eisenhower, Dec. 20, 1944; and Henry H. Arnold, Dec. 21, 1944.
		They are: Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, Dec. 15, 1944; Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King, Dec. 17, 1944; and Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz, Dec. 19, 1944.
		William F. Halsey Jr., received his fifth star Dec. 11, 1945, three months after World War II ended.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.org /text/five_star_officers_text.html (202 words)

	The Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in World War II--1941
		Admiral William D. Leahy, USN (Retired) presents his credentials as Ambassador to France at Vichy.
		Rear Admiral William P. Blandy relieves Rear Admiral William R. Furlong as Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance.
		TU 4.1.5 (Commander William K. Phillips) intercepts and joins convoy HX 160; although none of the destroyers in the task unit will be damaged by enemy action, all--Mayo (DD-422), Babbitt (DD-128), Leary (DD-158), Schenck (DD-159), and Nicholson (DD-442)--will suffer storm damage of varying degrees between this date and 28 November.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/USN-Chron/USN-Chron-1941.html (16221 words)

	AmericanHeritage.com / THE BIGGEST DECISION: WHY WE HAD TO DROP THE ATOMIC BOMB
		Against this background, while fighting on Okinawa still continued, the President had his naval chief of staff, Adm. William D. Leahy, notify the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the Secretaries of War and Navy that a meeting would be held at the White House on June 18.
		Leahy’s memorandum calling the meeting had asked for casualty projections which that invasion might be expected to produce.
		All he would say was that casualties during the first thirty days on Kyushu should not exceed those sustained in taking Luzon in the Philippines—31,000 men killed, wounded, or missing in action.
	www.americanheritage.com /articles/magazine/ah/1995/3/1995_3_70.shtml (7099 words)

	NARA - Military Agency Records - Military Agency Records
		Useful for understanding the British economic warfare role and activities is W. Medlicott, The Economic Blockade (London: HMSO and Longmans, Green, and Co. 2 vols.
		From 1943 to 1945 he was an unpaid personal adviser to James Byrnes, Director of Economic Stabilization and later Director of War Mobilization.
		German film actress, director, and producer most noted for two films she produced in the 1930s, Triumph of the Will and Olympia.
	www.archives.gov /research/holocaust/finding-aid/military/part-1-notes.html?template=print (8755 words)

	TIME.com: What is a Generalissimo? -- Aug. 3, 1942 -- Page 1
		President Roosevelt made a limited response by finally naming Admiral William D. Leahy as his own personal Chief of Staff (TIME, July 27).
		But what were Admiral Leahy's duties, what were his rights, what his responsibilities?
		Now Admiral Leahy would save him time by assuming some of the burden: the Chief of Staff would do the "leg work" (from the newspaper term for reporters who gather news and turn it in to a writer), the indexing, the summarizing.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,773311,00.html (346 words)

	Franklin D. Roosevelt - American Heritage Center, Inc.
		Franklin D. Roosevelt - American Heritage Center, Inc.
		Franklin D. Roosevelt ends his last campaign for President in Worcester in November, 1944.
		Copyright © 2006 - Franklin D. Roosevelt American Heritage Center, Inc. All rights reserved.
	www.fdrheritage.org /fdr_union_station.htm (45 words)

	TIME.com: Standley for Litvinoff -- Feb. 16, 1942 -- Page 1
		As Ambassador to Moscow he chose a wise, elderly Rear Admiral, William Harrison Standley.
		Like Ambassador Admiral William D. Leahy in Vichy, Admiral Standley is a onetime Chief of Naval Operations.
		It was high time the President found his man. Laurence A. Steinhardt returned from Moscow to the U.S. in November, was appointed to the vitally important post of Ankara, Turkey.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,766370,00.html (398 words)

	We Shouldn't Have Bombed Hiroshima
		On some undressed bodies, the burns had made patterns--of undershirt straps and suspenders and, on the skin of some women (since white repelled the heat from the bomb and dark clothes absorbed it and conducted it to the skin), the shapes of flowers they had had on their kimonos.
		Here is the Chairman of the wartime Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William D. Leahy:
		It is my opinion that the use of the barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan.
	www.spectacle.org /696/hiroshi.html (1312 words)

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