Halsey

Japanese: ハルゼー
Halsey
Admiral of the United States Navy. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, as the son of a Navy lieutenant. Many of his family were sailors and adventurers. He graduated from the Naval Academy in 1904, and served on destroyers at sea for over 20 years. In 1932, he entered the Naval War College as a captain, and the following year he entered the Army War College. In 1934, at the age of 52, he also trained as a pilot. In 1941, as a vice admiral, he commanded the Pacific Fleet's aircraft carrier force, and after leaving Pearl Harbor in late November with the aircraft carrier Enterprise, he learned of the Japanese surprise attack (the attack on Pearl Harbor) and hurried back to see the devastation with his own eyes. Under Nimitz, who succeeded Admiral Kimmel, he planned the first air raid on Tokyo in 1942, and on April 18, he commanded two aircraft carriers and approached 600 miles from the Japanese coast, launching 16 B-25 medium-range bombers with Lt. Col. Doolittle and others on board to carry out the bombing raid. In the same year, he became an admiral, and in 1944, as commander in chief of the Third Fleet, he led a task force that defeated the Japanese fleet in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history. In June 1945, he invaded Okinawa, and from July he participated in attacks on the Japanese mainland. When the war ended on August 15, he witnessed the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender on board the USS Missouri on September 2. Halsey earned the nickname "Bull" for his courageous operational command, but he retired in 1947.

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Japanese:
米国の海軍大将。ニュージャージー州エリザベスで海軍中尉の息子として生まれた。一族には船乗りや冒険家が多い。1904年海軍兵学校を卒業,以後20年余駆逐艦で洋上勤務についた。1932年大佐のまま海軍大学校に入り,翌年さらに陸軍大学校に入学。1934年には52歳でパイロットの訓練も受けた。1941年海軍中将として太平洋艦隊空母部隊を指揮,11月末空母エンタープライズを率いてパール・ハーバーを出港後に日本軍の奇襲(真珠湾攻撃)を知り,急遽戻ってその惨状を目のあたりにした。更迭されたキンメル提督の後任ニミッツの下で,1942年初の東京空襲を企て,4月18日2隻の空母を指揮して日本沿岸600マイルに迫り,ドゥリトル陸軍中佐以下の乗ったB-25中距離爆撃機16機を発進させ爆撃を敢行した。同年海軍大将になり,1944年,史上最大の海戦となったレイテ湾海戦で第3艦隊司令長官として機動部隊を指揮,日本艦隊を撃破した。1945年6月沖縄に進攻,7月からは日本本土への攻撃に参加,8月15日に戦争が終結すると,9月2日にミズーリ艦上で行われた日本降伏文書調印式に立ち会った。ハルゼーはその勇猛果敢な作戦指揮で雄牛Bullの異名をとったが,1947年退役した。

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