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Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (October 15, 1883 – June 21, 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as commander, South Pacific Area during World War II.
Robert Lee Ghormley ( Portland, 15 ottobre 1883 – Bethesda, 21 giugno 1958) è stato un ammiraglio statunitense . Durante la seconda guerra mondiale, operò nel teatro del Sud Pacifico nella guerra contro il Giappone . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 Inizio carriera militare. 1.2 Tra le due guerre. 1.3 Seconda guerra mondiale. 2 Onorificenze. 3 Note.
Vice Admiral Robert L. Ghormley: In the Shadow of the Fleet. Miscellaneous Citation | Accession Number: AD1092629 | Open PDF. Abstract: Robert L. Ghormley had a mixed experience during the Second World War.
- Maxwell L. Oliver
- 2020
A century before Vladimir Putin’s Russia invaded Ukraine, Commander Robert Ghormley conned his destroyer across the Black Sea to the civil war–ravaged Ukrainian port of Odessa, bringing relief supplies to the starving populace. A month later, he would attempt to prevent a Greek flotilla from bombarding the Turkish city of Samsun.
8 apr 2019 · Robert Lee Ghormley was born in Portland, Oregon, on 15 October 1883, son of David Owen Ghormley and Mrs. (Alice Minerva Irwin) Ghormley. He was appointed to the Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, while a student at the University of Idaho, and entered on 23 September 1902 as a Midshipman from Idaho. After graduation in June 1906, he was assigned to the USS West Virginia, as a Passed ...
5 mar 2024 · Vice Admiral Robert Lee Ghormley (October 15, 1883 – June 21, 1958) was an admiral in the United States Navy who served as Commander, South Pacific Area during World War II. Ghormley was long considered to be an ineffective leader–overly cautious, pessimistic, and even defeatist–but recent scholarsh.
Robert Ghormley graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1906. As a Vice Admiral, he was known throughout the Navy as a planner and in 1940 was an observer in London, described in the press as a "mystery man," he "kept his eyes open and his mouth shut." His mission was unprecedented, since the U.S. Navy had never employed ...
