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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.
Dec 2, 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.
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Nov 24, 2020 · William Harrington Leahy (October 27, 1904 – May 12, 1986) was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Biography. Leahy was born on October 27, 1904 in San Francisco, California. His father was Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy.
William Harrington Leahy V. William Harrington Leahy. United States Navy Rear Admiral. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland in 1927, as an Ensign and served in the United States Navy East Coast Fleet.
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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. Leahy married Elizabeth Marbury Beale on July 23, 1927, and had two children, Louise Harrington (named after her grandmother) and Robert Beale. He died on May 12, 1986, in Chevy Chase, Maryland and is buried with Elizabeth and his parent...
Leahy graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1927. Later in his career he served as commander of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard from 1958 - 1960. His retirement was effective as of June 1, 1961.
With wife Louise and son William Harrington Leahy at Mare Island, California, in October 1905. The Philippine–American War was still ongoing, and the Castine supported American operations on Marinduque and Iloilo. Leahy was appalled by American brutality and the widespread use of torture.
William Harrington Leahy Rear Admiral, 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.
