caption serviceyears laterwork branch commands relations birth_place allegiance awards placeofburial_label battles birth_date rank image article_title name
admiral operations james l. holloway iii 20th chief of naval 1943 -- 1978 technical , naval historical foundation advisor for '' top gun '' chairman emeritus 25px united states navy fighting -lrb- va-83 -rrb- salisbury sound av-13 enterprise cvan-65 carrier division squadron six -lrb- cardiv 6 -rrb- task force 60 -lrb- tf-60 52 -rrb- u.s. seventh fleet chief of naval operations -lrb- vf-52 -rrb- attack squadron 83 admiral james l. holloway , jr. -lrb- father -rrb- charleston , south carolina united states of america defense service medal -lrb- 4 -rrb- legion of merit -lrb- 2 distinguished -rrb- distinguished flying cross bronze star service medal -lrb- 2 -rrb- navy distinguished place of burial world war ii korean war vietnam war 23 february 1922 35px admiral james holloway iii.jpg james l. holloway iii
 james l. holloway iii
james l. holloway iii

james lemuel holloway iii -lrb- born february 23 , 1922 -rrb- is a retired united states navy admiral and naval aviator who was highly decorated for his actions during world war ii , the korean war , and the vietnam war .
after the vietnam war , he was posted to the pentagon , where he established the navy 's nuclear powered carrier program .
he served as chief of naval operations from 1974 -- 1978 .
after retiring from the navy , holloway served as president of the naval historical foundation from 1980 -- 1998 and served another ten years as its chairman until his retirement in 2008 .
he is chairman emeritus of the naval historical foundation and author of `` aircraft carriers at war : a personal retrospective of korea , vietnam , and the soviet confrontation '' published in 2007 by the naval institute press .
