Admiral Halsey's story

by William F. Halsey, J. Bryan, J. Bryan III

Book Overview

Admiral Halsey's Story is a memoir written by William F. Halsey, a renowned American naval officer who played a significant role in World War II. The book chronicles Halsey's life, starting from his... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0007DN38G
• Release Date: January 1947
• Publisher: Whittlesey House
• Length: 310 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.

Customer Reviews

From the dustjacket on the book:

Here, at last, is Admiral Halsey's own great story of the Pacific War. This exciting document is Admiral Halsey's intimate report to the nation. In it, he takes you from his childhood through his midshipman days at Annapolis, to the dramatic and historic moment when he made good his brag in Tokyo Bay. Besides being the magnificent story of a magnificent man, it is in its entirety a picture of the American Navy during the last half century - one of the greatest true stories of life and fighting at sea in our times. On the day Pearl Harbor was attacked, Vice Admiral William F. Halsey had served for more than forty-one years, yet few civilians had ever heard his name. Five years later, Fleet Admiral Halsey had become the most famous living naval man in the world. Yet he continues to regard himself as a simple mortal who has been projected into eminence partly by his ability, partly by luck, and mostly by the courage and resource of the United States Navy. Admiral Halsey's story of the naval war in the Pacific is the first such report from a high-ranking officer to be made to the public. Here, in all its dramatic detail, is his account of the attack on Pearl Harbor; the launching of Jimmy Doolittle's planes in their raid on Tokyo; the great Battle for Leyte Gulf. In the pages of this important book, the reader will stand beside Admiral Halsey as he plans his strategy, gives his orders, and maneuvers his ships in battle. He will see other great Navy, Army, and Marine Corps men in action. Admiral Halsey's Story is not only a backstage and front-row account of the naval war in the Pacific as directed, fought, and observed by the Navy's foremost fighting admiral, but also a warm three-dimensional picture of this country's favorite sailor.

Detailed and colorful

A wonderful perspective of the war in the South Pacific, told in Admiral Halsey's colorful language. Contains very detailed discussions about the many battles fought against the Japanese to final victory. Would highly recommend this book. I am a history buff and was amazed at how much more I learned from reading this book.

Admiral Halsey's Story

This book is a great book because it encases all the true purities of a book written by the person it's about from what I found it contained no historical inacuracies and listed the key players on his staff during his command as COMSPAC,3rd U.S. Pacfic Fleet. Its very humble in his writings which I believe reflects his pesonality for instance he discredits this newsman by giving him the Bull nickname and said that wrong with letting damn slip out here and there and an ocansional Oh sht he once said "I don't trust a fighting man who doesn't drink and smoke" ,but that right there is the Halsey personality which can't be changed or fixed fro the modern world which my opion is the pits .