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Leahy, William Daniel

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Leahy, William Daniel (1875–1959) U.S. Navy admiral, born in Hampton, Iowa. Leahy was chief of staff to the commander in chief (the president) during World War II. Leahy presided over meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, but the leadership role usually associated with that position was held by Gen. George C. Marshall. Leahy remained on the JCS through the duration of the war, and as a member of the combined chiefs of staff, helped plan its global strategy. In his earlier navy career Leahy had held a variety of sea and shore positions, including chief of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance (1927–31), chief of the Bureau of Navigation (1933–36), and Chief of Naval Operations (1937–39). During the Spanish-American War (1898) he participated in the battle of Santiago, and during World War I he commanded a troop transport. A recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal(with two gold stars), Leahy was made a fleet admiral, a five-star rank, in 1944.

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William Daniel Leahy

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William Daniel Leahy 1875–1959, American naval officer and diplomat, b. Hampton, Iowa. 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. In 1942, he became chief of staff to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who made him (1944) a fleet admiral (five-star admiral). He continued as chief of staff under President Truman until 1949. He wrote I Was There (1950).

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