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It includes United States Navy admirals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "United States Navy World War II admirals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 233 total.
Admiral Michelle J. Howard became the first female four-star admiral in the U.S. Navy in 2014. [1] This also made her the U.S. armed forces' first Black woman to achieve four stars. [2] Many women have served in the United States Navy for over a century. As of 2020, there were 69,629 total women on active duty in the US Navy, with 11,076 ...
United States Navy World War II admirals (233 P) Pages in category "United States Navy admirals" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 912 total.
Each entry lists the admiral's name, date of rank, [1] active-duty positions held while serving at four-star rank, [2] number of years of active-duty service at four-star rank (Yrs), [3] year commissioned and source of commission, [4] number of years in commission when promoted to four-star rank (YC), [5] and other biographical notes. [6] #
It includes United States Navy admirals that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "Female admirals of the United States Navy" The following 67 pages are in this category, out of 67 total.
Lillian E. Fishburne – first African-American female to hold the rank of rear admiral; Wilson Flagg – retired admiral, killed in the September 11 attack; Eugene B. Fluckey – rear admiral who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses during his service as a submarine commander in World War II
Several hundred thousand women served in combat roles, especially in anti-aircraft units. The Soviet Union integrated women directly into their army units; approximately one million served in the Red Army, including about at least 50,000 on the frontlines; Bob Moore noted that "the Soviet Union was the only major power to use women in front-line roles," [2]: 358, 485 The United States, by ...
Pages in category "United States Navy personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 3,662 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .