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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 ...
Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher—pictured here in 1942—has been a mystery to historians seeking to judge his performance as a combat leader. This writer who served under him as a pilot in the Pacific believes that Admiral Fletcher’s record of both good and bad decisions may force us to accept him as an enigma.
Jul 13, 2020 · No matter Fletcher’s change of flagship to the Astoria, the Yorktown destroyed, and Spruance in command at the end of the battle, Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher played a key role in the victory over Japan. The U.S. Navy’s decisive victory in the air-sea battle and its successful defense of the major base located at Midway Island dashed Japan ...
Frank Jack Fletcher Got a Bum Rap, Part One. In the 50 years since the naval battles of early 1942, historians and others have been inclined to an image that associates Rear Admiral Fletcher with timidity and failure. His flagship Yorktown, was the one that was lost while Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance in the Enterprise was credited with victory.
Jul 3, 2019 · Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher was an American naval officer who played a key role in the early battles of World War II in the Pacific. An Iowa native, he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the occupation of Veracruz .
Frank Jack Fletcher commanded carrier task forces in the critical first year of World War II in the Pacific. He served as senior commander in three famous na...
Vice Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, who ordered that withdrawal, has been severely criticized for so doing by numerous earlier historians of the Pacific War, including Samuel Elliot Morison, but a more balanced view has recently emerged from the historigraphical debate.
Commissioned in 1937, the Yorktown was in the Atlantic at the time of the Pearl Harbor attack. Soon after the carrier’s 30 December 1941 arrival at San Diego, she became the flagship of Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, commander of Task Force 17.
Apr 22, 2019 · Operational commander Navy Adm. Frank Jack Fletcher used his leadership experience in two key World War II engagements in the Pacific theater: the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the...
Frank Jack 'Black Jack' Fletcher was an American admiral who played a major part in the early naval battles in the Pacific during the Second World War, but who gained a reputation for being over-cautious and was sidelined after the battle of the Eastern Solomons.
