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  2. Frank Jack Fletcher - Wikipedia

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    Frank Jack Fletcher (April 29, 1885 – April 25, 1973) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II.Fletcher commanded five different task forces through the war; he was the operational task force commander at the pivotal battles of the Coral Sea and Midway, which collectively resulted in the sinking of five Japanese aircraft carriers.

  3. Guadalcanal naval order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Operational command of the invasion was assigned to Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who also had direct command of the covering force, designated Task Force 61, where he flew his flag aboard fleet carrier Saratoga. This embodiment of two levels of command in a single officer enabled a decision-making process that left the Marine forces on ...

  4. List of Medal of Honor recipients educated at the United ...

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    Frank Jack Fletcher: 1906 Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for saving hundreds of refugees during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; operational commander at the pivotal Battles of Coral Sea and of Midway in World War II; nephew of Admiral Frank Friday Fletcher [8] [27] Charles Conway Hartigan: 1906

  5. Raymond A. Spruance - Wikipedia

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    Fewer than two days before launch from Pearl Harbor, Nimitz's commander of the fleet carrier force, Admiral Halsey, was hospitalized with severe shingles; [11] Halsey immediately recommended Admiral Spruance to Nimitz as his replacement with Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher receiving overall command. [12]

  6. Task Force 17 - Wikipedia

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    TF17, under the command of Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, was to depart from Pearl Harbor, and did so on 30 May, to join Task Force 16 (TF16), centered around USS Enterprise (CV-6) and USS Hornet (CV-8), northeast of Midway Island. TF16 and TF17 joined about 350 miles northeast of Midway on 2 June, when Fletcher became officer in tactical ...

  7. Battle of Midway order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Frank Jack Fletcher Damaged Yorktown with destroyer Balch standing by. Rear Admiral Frank J. Fletcher [n] in Yorktown. Task Group 17.5 (Carrier Group) Yorktown (sunk by I-168 7 June) (Captain Elliott Buckmaster) Yorktown Air Group [o] (Lieutenant Commander Oscar Pederson) 25 Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat fighters (VF-3 – Lt. Cmdr. John S. Thach)

  8. Battle of Guadalcanal order of battle - Wikipedia

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    Operational command of the invasion was assigned to Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher. He also had direct command of the covering force, designated Task Force 61, where he flew his flag aboard fleet carrier Saratoga. The amphibious forces, Task Force 62, were led by Rear Admiral Richmond Kelly Turner aboard attack transport McCawley.

  9. Battle of Savo Island - Wikipedia

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    The overall commander of Allied naval forces in the Guadalcanal and Tulagi operation was U.S. Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher. He also commanded the carrier task groups providing air cover. U.S. Rear Admiral Richmond K. Turner commanded the amphibious fleet that delivered the 16,000 Allied troops to Guadalcanal and Tulagi.