Bull

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Bull is the common nickname of U.S. Navy Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey Jr., a prominent World War II naval commander in the Pacific Theater.

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Bull canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
nickname
allegiance United States of America
awardReceived Army Distinguished Service Medal
Distinguished Service Medal (United States)
surface form: Distinguished Service Medal (U.S. Navy)

Legion of Merit
Navy Cross
Navy Distinguished Service Medal
Order of Orange-Nassau
Order of the Bath
Order of the British Empire
Order of the Rising Sun
Silver Star
birthDate 1882-10-30
birthPlace Elizabeth, New Jersey NERFINISHED
buriedAt Arlington National Cemetery
commanded South Pacific Area command
surface form: South Pacific Area

South Pacific Area command
surface form: South Pacific Force

United States Third Fleet
conflict World War II
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1959-08-16
deathPlace Fishers Island, New York, United States
surface form: Fishers Island, New York
educatedAt United States Naval Academy
familyName Halsey
givenName William
honorificSuffix Jr.
militaryBranch United States Navy
militaryRank Admiral
nicknameOf William Halsey Jr.
surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.
notableFor aggressive carrier-based naval tactics
command of U.S. naval forces in the Pacific during World War II
notableNickname Bull self-linksurface differs
occupation naval officer
participatedIn Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Guadalcanal
surface form: Guadalcanal Campaign

operations in the Solomon Islands campaign
positionHeld Commander, South Pacific Area
Commander, South Pacific Force
Commander, Third Fleet
Commander, Seventh Fleet
surface form: Commander, Western Pacific Task Forces
serviceEnd 1947
serviceStart 1904
sexOrGender male
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater of Operations
surface form: Pacific Theater

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Bull Halsey nickname Bull
Halsey nickname Bull
subject surface form: William Halsey Jr.
Bull notableNickname Bull self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: William F. Halsey Jr.