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    Herbert Fairfax Leary (May 31, 1885 – December 3, 1957) was a highly decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of vice admiral. A son...
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    William F. Halsey Jr. (Flagship: USS Enterprise) Cruisers, Battle Force (made up of two Cruiser Divisions) – Commander: Rear Admiral Herbert F. Leary (Flagship:...
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    Friedell, William R. Furlong, Stanford C. Hooper, Royal E. Ingersoll, Herbert F. Leary, Byron McCandless, John H. Newton, Harry E. Shoemaker, John M. Smeallie...
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    publisher, founder of Gannett, complications from a fall (b. 1876) Herbert F. Leary, United States Navy vice admiral (b. 1885) A magnitude 8.1 earthquake...
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    George Brett became Commander, Allied Air Forces, and Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary became Commander, Allied Naval Forces. Since the bulk of land forces...
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    began to be deactivated and scrapped in the early 1970s. Vice Admirals Herbert F. Leary and Thomas C. Kinkaid served as Commanders, Sixteenth Fleet, after...
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    replaced as commander of Task Force 14 by Rear Admiral Herbert F. Leary the following day. Leary made Saratoga his flagship and Rear Admiral Aubrey Fitch...
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    replaced as commander of Task Force 14 by Rear Admiral Herbert F. Leary the following day. Leary made Saratoga his flagship and Fitch was transferred to...
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    Forces Southwest Pacific Area under Commander Vice Admiral Herbert F. Leary. MacArthur and Leary used the empty Trustees Executive building at 401 Collins...
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    Kennedy Jr., son of United States Senator Dennis Kozlowski (resigned) Herbert F. Leary, Vice admiral in the Navy Lewis Cass Ledyard John Lehman, Secretary...
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