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Also Known As Marc Andrew Mitscher
Born January 26, 1887 • Wisconsin
Died February 3, 1947 (aged 60) • Norfolk • Virginia
Role In Battle of Leyte Gulf • Battle of Midway • Battle of the Philippine Sea • World War II • Battle of Okinawa

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Chester W. Nimitz
Chester W. Nimitz
United States admiral
Puller, Chesty
Chesty Puller
United States Marine Corps officer
Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of staff to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.
William Daniel Leahy
United States admiral and politician
Ernest Joseph King, chief of U.S. naval operations, 1942–45.
Ernest Joseph King
United States admiral
Sue Sophia Dauser
American nurse
Carlson, Evans
Evans Carlson
United States military officer
Miller, Doris
Doris Miller
United States naval serviceman
Robert Bostwick Carney.
Robert Bostwick Carney
United States admiral
Forrestal, James V.
James V. Forrestal
United States secretary of defense
Henry Kent Hewitt
United States naval officer
Kirk, Alan G.
Alan Goodrich Kirk
United States naval officer
Curtis E. LeMay
Curtis E. LeMay
United States general
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
United States military officer
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1937
Franklin D. Roosevelt
president of United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
president of United States
Harry S. Truman
Harry S. Truman
president of United States
George S. Patton
George Patton
United States general
Harold K. Johnson
United States Army officer
George C. Marshall
George C. Marshall
United States general
John Clifford Hodges Lee
United States Army officer

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Germany invades Poland, September 1, 1939, using 45 German divisions and aerial attack. By September 20, only Warsaw held out, but final surrender came on September 29.
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U.S. marines raising the American flag over Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, in February 1945
World War II Quiz