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William Halsey, the son of a naval captain, was born in New Jersey, United States, on 30th October 1882. He attended the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis and graduated in 1904 (43/62) and joined the United States Navy.

Halsey won the Navy Cross during the First World War while commanding destroyer patrol forces in the Atlantic. After the war he served as a naval attaché in Germany, Norway, Denmark and Sweden.

Halsey, who learnt to fly in 1935, became one of the country's leading exponents of naval air power. In June 1940 he was promoted to vice admiral.

Vice Admiral Halsey was at sea on his flagship, USS Enterprise, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

At the end of the Pacific War Halsey's flagship, Missouri, was used for the signing of the Japanese surrender on 2nd September 1945. Three months later Halsey was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet.

After retiring from the US Navy in April 1947, Halsey was a director of several large companies. William Halsey died in Pasadina, California on 16th August 1959.

"There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with."
William Halsey

"I never trust a fighting man who doesnt smoke or drink."
William Halsey

My Former Boss

"Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."
Ronald Reagan

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
Ronald Reagan

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"Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it."
Thomas Jefferson

"When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

"No man can tame a tiger into a kitten by stroking it."
Franklin D. Roosevelt