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FLEET AD IRAL LEAHY if ,gf at ukir FLEET ADMIRAL LEAHY WAS BORN IN HAMPTON, IOWA IN 1875. HE GRADUATED FROM THE UNITED STATES NA- VAL ACADEMY IN 1897 AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN EN- SIGN IN 1899. HIS 40 YEAR NAVAL CAREER SPANNED FROM THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR THROUGH WORLD WAR II. COMMISSIONED REAR ADMIRAL IN 1950, HE SERVED AS CHIEF, BUREAU OF ORDINANCE: AS COMMANDER, DESTROYER SCOUTING FORCE AND CHIEF, BUREAU-OF NAVIGATION. AS VICE ADMIRAL, LEAHY COMMANDED SIX SURFACE WARSHIPS, INCLUDING THE BATTLESHIP 'IUSS NEW MEXICO . LEAHY SERVED AS CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE CAPACITY OF ADMIRAL UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1959. HE THEN WAS APPOINTED GOVERNOR OF PUERTO RICO, AND LATER AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE. IN JULY 1942, ADMIRAL LEAHY WAS NAMED CHIEF OF STAFF BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT. HE ACCOMPANIED THE PRESIDENT TO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES IN QUEBEC, CAIRO, AND TEHRAN. LEAHY BECAME THE US NAVY'S FIRST FLEET ADMIRAL IN DECEMBER 1944, AND WAS APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE NEWLY CREATED JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF. HE WAS PRESENT FOR THE UBIG THREE CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMAN IN 1945. AFTER RETIRING FROM THE JCS IN 1949, LEAHY CON- TINUED ON DUTY AS ADVISOR TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1959. W X, NA VAL CADET LEAHY USS OREGON 1898 ' 1:14-Q -. .dm 4.-,, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFE CIRCA 1944-45 THE NAVY? NEEDS YOU! A 'nowr READ ,AMERICAN MAKE IT! , 53, ., .