With a newly reinforced fleet of American-built aircraft carriers, the Navy launched an assault on Rabaul, a heavily fortified Japanese stronghold, to divert enemy forces and safeguard the Allied ...

In making his decision, Biden rejected the recommendation of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who reportedly favored Admiral Samuel Paparo, who currently commands the Pacific Fleet. Franchetti is ...

Admiral Chester W. Nimitz with Cdr Herbert ... Navy Secretary Frank Knox gave Nimitz command of the Pacific Fleet. As considerable as his tactical skills were, perhaps Nimitz's greatest gift ...

then a rear admiral and chief of the Bureau of Navigation, was the calmest man present. Soon, Knox went to President Roosevelt to decide the appointment of a new Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet.

The Embassy of the United States in Colombo announced that the Commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), ...