William D. Leahy

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United States Navy admiral diplomat human military officer statesman

William D. Leahy was a senior United States naval officer and statesman who served as Chief of Staff to President Franklin D. Roosevelt and later Harry S. Truman, playing a central role in Allied strategy during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
William D. Leahy canonical 9
Admiral William D. Leahy 1
Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy admiral ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
human ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Legion of Merit ⓘ
Navy Distinguished Service Medal ⓘ
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland ⓘ
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
countryOfBirth United States of America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1875-05-06 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1959-07-20 ⓘ
educatedAt United States Naval Academy ⓘ
employer United States Navy ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
familyName Leahy ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
memberOf Joint Chiefs of Staff ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Navy ⓘ
militaryConflict Philippine–American War ⓘ
Spanish–American War ⓘ
World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
militaryRank Fleet Admiral ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableRole key participant in Allied grand strategy during World War II ⓘ
senior military advisor to Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
senior military advisor to Harry S. Truman ⓘ
notableWork I Was There ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
government official ⓘ
naval officer ⓘ
participantIn World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
placeOfBirth Hampton, Iowa ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bethesda, Maryland ⓘ
positionHeld Ambassador of the United States to France ⓘ
Chief of Naval Operations ⓘ
Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief ⓘ
Chief of Staff to the President of the United States ⓘ
Governor of Puerto Rico ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedFor President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

President Harry S. Truman ⓘ
surface form: Harry S. Truman

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Allied High Command → keyMilitaryLeader → William D. Leahy ⓘ
Combined Chiefs of Staff → hasMember → William D. Leahy ⓘ
Fleet Admiral (United States Navy) → firstHolder → William D. Leahy ⓘ
Fleet Admiral (United States Navy) → holder → William D. Leahy ⓘ
Atlantic Fleet → notableCommander → William D. Leahy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Admiral William D. Leahy
Chief of the Bureau of Navigation → officeHeldBy → William D. Leahy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rear Admiral William D. Leahy
Leahy → hasNotableBearer → William D. Leahy ⓘ
this entity surface form: William Leahy
Leahy → hasNotableBearer → William D. Leahy ⓘ
I Was There → author → William D. Leahy ⓘ
I Was There → author → William D. Leahy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fleet Admiral William D. Leahy
Presidential Medal of Merit → hasRecipient → William D. Leahy ⓘ
Hampton, Iowa → hasNotablePerson → William D. Leahy ⓘ
Allied command structure → hasKeyFigure → William D. Leahy ⓘ