William D. Leahy

Laksamana Besar William Daniel Leahy (6 Mei 1875 – 20 Juli 1959) adalah seorang pimpinan angkatan udara Amerika yang menjabat sebagai pimpinan militer Amerika Serikat paling senior yang aktif selama Perang Dunia II.

 Kehidupan awal 
Berasal dari keluarga Irlandia-Amerika, Leahy lahir di Hampton, Iowa, dan pindah dengan orangtuanya ke Ashland, Wisconsin ketika masa kanak-kanak.

 Referensi 

 Bacaan tambahan 

 Adams, Henry H. Witness to Power: The Life of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy (Naval Institute Press, 1985) 348 pp. the standard scholarly biography
 Borneman, Walter "The Admirals: The Five-Star Admirals Who Won the War at Sea" (Little, Brown, 2012)
 Hayes, Grace P. The history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in World War II (1982) 964 pages
 Langer, William L. Our Vichy gamble (1947)

 Pranala luar 

 William D. Leahy Official Website (with photo and newsreel archive) 
 Navy Historical Center 
 Naval War College Guide to Archives, Manuscripts -2001 
 Leahy, William D. Library of Congress Archives : Papers, 1897-1959 (8,000 items)
 Paradoxes of Naval History: Witness to Power: The Life of Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy
 President Roosevelt to the Appointed Ambassador to France (Leahy) on December 20, 1940
 Chronology regarding Truman and the A-bomb:  From 8/2/45 - 8/10/45 with Smyth report on atomic bomb (August 6, 1951)
 US Navy Historic Center biography of William Leahy 
 arlingtoncemetery.net: Biography of William D. Leahy 
 Annotated bibliography for William D. Leahy from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues 
 The Last Salute: Civil and Military Funeral, 1921-1969, CHAPTER XVII, Former Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy, Special Military Funeral, 20-23 July 1959  by B. C. Mossman and M. W. Stark. United States Army Center of Military History.

Kategori:Kelahiran 1875
Kategori:Kematian 1959