"Hit hard, hit fast, hit often" was Fleet Adm. William F. "Bull" Halsey's slogan for his Third Fleet during World War II. His choice of words would not surprise anyone who ever saw the tight-jawed ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- When Admiral "Bull" Halsey made a triumphant return under the Golden Gate Bridge after World War II, it was perhaps the most climactic Fleet Week in history. But the history of ...

ELIZABETH — The boy from Elizabeth who holds this football is William Frederick Halsey Jr. The picture was taken in the late 19th century when he was a student at the Pingry School. According to ...

The World War II battle for Leyte Gulf was the “greatest naval battle of all time,” according to Historian Samuel Eliot Morison* and to 16-year-old Bill Frazer the sea fight seemed a fine subject for ...

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Admiral Chester Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet during World War II, became a national hero during the pivotal battle for control of Midway 75 years ago this week, nowhere more than in the ...